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Editorial of the Day (24th June): Cementing Ties-India-Bangladesh

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Context

  • Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi have been advancing bilateral relations between Delhi and Dhaka over the last decade.
  • Sheikh Hasina visited Delhi for the third time, having been there two weeks earlier for Modi’s swearing-in.
  • The leaders described their relationship as a “golden chapter” and “vision for a shared future” in bilateral relations.

Focus Areas

  • Connectivity Agenda:
    • Focus on unfinished agenda of connectivity including:
      • Easing of visa procedures
      • Freer movement of goods
      • Cross-border energy and electricity flows
      • Building of digital bridges
    • Bangladesh is emerging as one of India’s most important trade partners.
    • Negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to commence.
  • Regional Integration:
    • Economic integration of the Subcontinent is seen as an urgent regional imperative.
    • Bangladesh is a natural partner for India in rearranging the South Asian regional economic order.
    • The India-Bangladesh economic relationship is foundational for sub-regional integration and Bay of Bengal littoral and the eastern Indian Ocean.
  • Defence Cooperation:
    • Ambition to modernise bilateral defence relationship.
    • Wide-ranging collaboration between armed forces, defence industrial partnership.
    • India’s support for modernization of Dhaka’s armed forces.
    • A substantive bilateral defence partnership aimed at maintaining stability in the wider Indo-Pacific region.
  • Regional Collaboration:
    • Expanded regional and international collaboration between Delhi and Dhaka.
    • Promotion of Global South’s collective interests.
    • Last decade saw two strong leaders overcome the Partition’s bitter legacies in the eastern subcontinent.
    • Shared vision for the future, despite some issues like river water management remaining to be sorted out.

Future Outlook

  • The relationship is described as an “extraordinary partnership”.
  • Both leaders express hope for realising the full potential of bilateral ties.

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