‘Friendship with Bangladesh cornerstone of our foreign policy’

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<strong>Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday said that Bangladesh is India's true and special friend and the friendship is the cornerstone of India's Foreign Policy.</strong></p>
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Doraiswami said: "India never showed any 'big-brother' attitude towards Bangladesh. We will do our best to carry forward our committment of strong relations with Bangladesh with 170 million people."<br />
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The High Commissioner spoke on various aspects of the relationship between the two nations from connectivity to trade, water sharing, border killings, among others.<br />
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Doraiswami further said that India is working hard on the Teesta agreement. It is not only a matter of the Centre but the state government is also involved in it.<br />
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"Complexity of the Teesta problem is a domestic challenge for India."<br />
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He made the statement at at the National Press Club organised by the Diplomatic Correspondent Association of Bangladesh (DCAB).<br />
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The Indian Envoy also expressed happiness over offering Covid vaccines to Bangladesh Armed Forces.<br />
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"We have offered the vaccines to the country. We will be happy to provide the doses to Bangladesh Armed Forces."<br />
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Doraiswami also said that Bangladesh and India are working on finalising a slew of projects that will be inaugurated during the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh on March 26.<br />
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Replying to the connectivity project using the Chittagong Port and Akhaura-Agartala route to be made operationalised, he said that a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) is needed to the issue and India wants a fair price. The cost of goods transport needs to be finalised first.</p>
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<em>(IANS)</em></p>
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