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| PM Modi's Bangladesh visit would be 'historic': Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar | | | Agencies
New Delhi, June 5: On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Friday termed the upcoming trip as historic and said that the centrepiece of the visit is the conclusion of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA).
Addressing a press conference, Jaishankar said, "PM's visit to Bangladesh historic as the centerpiece of this visit is conclusion of land boundary agreement with Bangladesh."
"With the settlement of the land boundary, there was earlier a settlement of our maritime boundary, we actually have completely settled our boundary with Bangladesh, and that is, for a neighbour, an extremely important development, and I cannot overstate the confidence in goodwill that is generated by this act," ANI quoted Jaishankar as saying.
"There are two concepts at play in this visit. At one level, it is once again an affirmation of our neighbourhood first policy. But is also a part of our Act East policy. The consequences, the possibilities of cooperation that would be opened up as a result of these developments really have a very profound impact on our North-East and our policies further east," he added.
Jaishankar also spelled out the details about the Prime Minister's visit.
"The Prime Minister arrives tomorrow morning in Dhaka. There will be a ceremonial welcome and, after that he would be visiting the National Martyrs Memorial. He then goes to the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum," he said.
"Then, the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of West Bengal along with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh would be flagging of the bus services. There are two important bus services- Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala and Dhaka-Guwahati-Shillong bus service," the Foreign Secretary added.
The Foreign Secretary further said that there would be an exchange of instruments of ratifications of the Land Boundary Agreement and its protocol.
"This would then be followed by talks between the Prime Minister and Bangladesh Prime Minister. There are some foundation stones for different projects that we are doing in Bangladesh. Then, there will be a press statement by the two Prime Ministers. Finally, in the evening a dinner hosted by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina," said Jaishankar.
"The second day of the visit would see a visit by the Prime Minister to the Dhakeshwari temple. He will then go on to visit the Ramakrishna mission. He will also to our new Chancery complex in Dhaka. He has a meeting and lunch with the President of Bangladesh H.E. Mohammad. Abdul Hamid," he added.
The Prime Minister is also scheduled to meet Bangladesh's leader of opposition Begum Roshan Ershad, the former prime minister Khaleda Zia, presidents of leading chambers of commerce and industry and leaders of left parties of Bangladesh. |
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