‘India never shows big-brother attitude towards Bangladesh’

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India has said it is committed to taking forward the strong relations with Bangladesh in the next 50 years and beyond focusing on mutual benefits and expanding it to all the sectors, noting that India never shows any ‘big-brother’ attitude towards Bangladesh.

“For us, the friendship with Bangladesh is the cornerstone of our foreign policy. How could we be acting in a big-brotherly way? Honestly speaking, Bangladesh is a big country with 170 million people. So, there’s no reason to have this apprehension,” said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday.

He said Bangladesh is special as friend always have strong development partnership, and he has no idea why this apprehension is there, reports UNB.

The Indian diplomat was speaking at ‘DCAB Talk’ organised by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) at the Jatiya Press Club. DCAB President Pantho Rahman and General Secretary AKM Moinuddin also spoke at the event.

Doraiswami said they have to look at a shared future, a future where 170 million people of Bangladesh and 1.3 billion Indians can see what more the two countries can do together. “Better cooperation between us should be the fundamental plan for our shared future.”