Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma has stated that Delhi will continue to seek a stable, positive, constructive, forward-looking, and mutually beneficial relationship with Bangladesh based on mutual respect and mutual sensitivity, with people of both countries as the main stakeholders in this partnership.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, he made the remark when addressing the 2025 NDC course participants at the invitation by the National Defence College of Bangladesh on Monday, as mentioned in an Indian High Commission press release.
The High Commissioner emphasized that India and Bangladesh should work together to strengthen their interdependencies and transform their geographical proximity, growing economic capabilities, and future aspirations into new opportunities for mutually rewarding cooperation.
Verma noted that as two significant economies of the region, India and Bangladesh are pivotal drivers for regional integration under the framework of BIMSTEC, which has its secretariat in Dhaka and aims to bridge the growth opportunities of South Asia with Southeast Asia.
The envoy discussed India’s foreign policy and development strategy, highlighting India’s increasing engagement with the world to promote international cooperation, reforms of global governance, and the interests of the Global South, alongside India’s pursuit of inclusive, sustainable, and rapid national development.
He underlined the long-term vision of India-Bangladesh relations under India’s foreign policy priorities of ‘Neighbourhood First’, ‘Act East Policy’, the MAHASAGAR doctrine, as well as India’s Indo-Pacific Vision, as detailed in the release.