India Bangladesh: Bilateral meet:
Recently, India’s External Affairs Minister visited Bangladesh for a bilateral meet.
- This meeting comes ahead of the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh scheduled in March 2021.
- Earlier a 122-member contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces has participated in the 72nd Republic Day parade, commemorating 50 years of the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to the liberation of Bangladesh.
- This meeting comes ahead of the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh scheduled in March 2021.
- Earlier a 122-member contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces has participated in the 72nd Republic Day parade, commemorating 50 years of the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to the liberation of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh’s Stand:
- Resolution of Problems: Problems between neighbouring countries should be resolved through discussions and negotiations.
- Need to focus on possible ways to materialise commitments and accommodate each other’s priorities in a mutually beneficial manner.
- Bangladesh acknowledged the collaborative initiative of the two countries in implementing the vaccination programme against the ongoing pandemic.
- Bangladesh is the largest recipient of 9 million doses of Made in India vaccine.
- Both countries are committed to expanding their relationship in all dimensions, ranging from security, trade, transport and connectivity, culture, people-to-people ties, energy, joint development of our shared resources and defence.
India’s Stand:
- Bangladesh has been on the United Nations (UN) Least Developed Countries list since 1975.
- Bangladesh fulfilled all the criteria necessary for its elevation to a developing country in 2018.
- Therefore the UN has recommended the graduation of Bangladesh from the category of Least Developed Country (LDC).
- Once it receives the final recommendation, Bangladesh will formally graduate to the developing nation bracket in 2026.
