Hasina-Modi virtual summit on Thursday
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Bangladesh and India will chart out plans to take the “rock-solid and historic” Dhaka-Delhi relations to the next level expanding areas of cooperation between the two countries following the Summit, reports UNB.
Bangladesh is celebrating birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; and will celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh’s War of Liberation, and the establishment of India-Bangladesh bilateral diplomatic ties in year 2021.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11:30am, said an official.
The Summit will be preceded by the signing ceremony of the MoUs/Protocols on the same day.
Bangladesh and India are likely to sign “four-five” bilateral documents.
“I don’t want to make any comment before the meeting but four-five bilateral documents are on the table to get signed apart from inauguration of a number of development projects,” a senior official told UNB on Tuesday evening.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will brief the media at State guesthouse Padma at 2:30pm.
Cooperation documents in the areas of Elephant Preservation/Protection, Sewerage Treatment Plant in Barishal, Community Development Project and Energy Cooperation (Hydrocarbon) are likely to be signed between the two countries on Thursday.
Cooperation in the field of information technology will also be discussed.
Ahead of the Summit, Bangladesh said two countries, as the closest neighbours, will continue to work together to establish a secure South Asia for the benefit of all people.
“What is needed is the positive mindset of our peoples towards relations. Equally, we need to understand each other’s concerns, risks and vulnerabilities as well as opportunities,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam said.
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