According to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on September 6, the Indian government agreed to start talks on a comprehensive bilateral economic partnership deal with Bangladesh shortly. Following their discussion, PM Modi announced that India and Bangladesh would expand their cooperation in information technology, space exploration, and nuclear energy.
PM Modi remarked, “India is Bangladesh’s largest export market in all of Asia. We will start discussing a bilateral economic comprehensive cooperation deal to speed up this development further.”
He continued by saying, “Bangladesh is India’s largest trade and development partner in the area. The inter-human interaction is constantly getting better.”
“India and Bangladesh’s trade is expanding quickly. We have chosen to expand our collaboration in the nuclear, space, and IT industries. Also, India and Bangladesh are discussing power transmission lines, ” he added.
In his speech, Prime Minister Modi underscored the need to learn from the Covid epidemic, current global events, and the necessity of bolstering the economies of both countries.
“Our cooperation has grown over the past few years. I spoke with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about a range of bilateral, regional, and global topics. We must develop our economy and learn from the current world events and the COVID outbreak, “added PM.
The Indian government struck a significant agreement about the water-sharing of the Kushiyara River, citing that 54 rivers flow along the India-Bangladesh border. India and Bangladesh have also been exchanging real-time flood data. The two heads also spoke on matters relating to terrorism. In her speech, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanked the Indian government for achieving the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and sent her best wishes for Amrit Kaal.