India's High Commissioner Pranay Verma has stated that his country would continue to seek a stable, positive, and constructive relationship with Bangladesh, emphasising that the people of both nations are the main stakeholders.
He made the remark while speaking on India-Bangladesh relations during the Bay of Bengal Conversations organised by the Centre for Governance Studies in Dhaka on 17 November.
Highlighting the importance of India-Bangladesh relations, the High Commissioner stressed that India takes a long-term view of its ties with Bangladesh and believes that the peace, security, progress, and prosperity of the two countries are interlinked.
He underlined the continued progress in trade, transport, and energy connectivity, as well as people-to-people engagements, as a reflection of multifaceted ties, in which the reality of interdependence and mutual benefit will keep reasserting itself, regardless of political changes.
The High Commissioner cited the launch of 40 MW of power transmission from Nepal to Bangladesh through the Indian grid and the augmentation of infrastructure at the Petrapole-Benapole Integrated Check Post, both achieved within this month, as examples of continued progress in bilateral exchanges.
He also described India-Bangladesh cooperation as an anchor for regional integration envisaged under frameworks such as BIMSTEC.
The High Commissioner expressed India’s commitment to working together with the government and people of Bangladesh to fulfill shared aspirations for peace, security, and development and to ensure that the partnership continues to bring benefits to the common people on both sides.
