Bengaluru: On the One-China stand of Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the neighbouring country naturally will take decisions in their interests, but Bangladesh is a very valuable partner and India is deeply committed to fostering a relationship with it.
“Bangladesh is a sovereign country. They have their interests. they have their outlook. They will do (things) in their interest and according to their judgement. So, what I want to say is that our relations with Bangladesh are very special. They go back to the origin of Bangladesh … For us Bangladesh is a very very valuable partner and we clearly are very deeply committed to fostering that relationship,” he said replying to a related query in an interaction with PES University students here on Friday.
Jaishankar lauded the Narendra Modi-led central government for improving relations with Bangladesh which had always been a problem in the past. For instance, the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh has brought India enormous benefits in terms of creating connectivity, he said.
“They (Bangladesh) have not always been as good as they are today. There have, in the past, been problems in our relationship with Bangladesh, but if we were to look at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 8 years of government and if somebody asks me to pick top five achievements or even top three achievements in foreign policy, I would say the land boundary agreement that we did with Bangladesh. This has brought us enormous benefit in terms of stabilizing the boundary tensions and creating connectivity,” he stated.
Due to Modi’s efforts, Jaishankar said the issues of terrorism and law and order in the north-east have been put to an end and a process of transformation of the region has kickstarted.
“In putting an end to terrorism and law and order situation in the north-east, it is beginning to transform the north-east, which is good for India,” he said.
Jaishankar reacts to B’desh stand on its One-China policy
Bangladesh is a sovereign country. They have their interests. they have their outlook. They will do (things) in their interest and according to their judgement.
