Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Monday said Bangladesh and India will achieve even greater momentum in their bilateral partnership in the new term of the government, contributing more robustly to national development.
“Overall, I think we are very hopeful and confident that in the new term of this government we will be able to achieve even greater momentum in our bilateral partnership and we will be able to make our development partnership contribute even more robustly to our national developments,” he said.
Talking to reporters after his meeting with Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the High Commissioner said they have always said India stands ready and will always be ready to help people of Bangladesh and to work with them in realizing their vision for a “stable, progressive and prosperous” society guided by the longstanding friendship inspired by shared sacrifices made in the 1971 Liberation War.
Describing his meeting with the new foreign minister as a “very good one,” the diplomat said he looks forward to closer cooperation in the coming days to take the “very positive agenda” forward for the two countries.