Staff Correspondent

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma today said that Delhi would continue to seek a stable, positive and constructive relationship with Bangladesh in which people of both the countries are the main stakeholders.

“India takes a long-term view of its relations with Bangladesh and believes that the peace, security, progress and prosperity of the two countries are interlinked,” he said.

The envoy was speaking on India-Bangladesh relations during the ongoing Bay of Bengal Conversation organized by the Centre for Governance Studies in the capital, said a press release issued by the Indian high commission here.

Highlighting the importance of India-Bangladesh relations, the High Commissioner underlined the continued progress in trade, transport and energy connectivity and people-to-people engagements as a reflection of multifaceted ties between the two neighbouring countries

“In which the reality of our interdependence and mutual benefit will keep reasserting itself, regardless of political changes,” he added.

The Indian envoy highlighted two recent examples of progress in bilateral ties, the start of 40 MW power transmission from Nepal to Bangladesh via the Indian grid, and improvements to infrastructure at the Petrapole-Benapole Integrated Check Post, both occurring this month.

He also described India-Bangladesh cooperation as an anchor for regional integration envisaged under architectures such as BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multiu-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation).

High Commissioner expressed India’s commitment to working together with the government and people of Bangladesh to fulfill the shared aspirations for peace, security and development, ensuring that it continues to bring benefit to the common people on both the sides.