Staff Reporter:
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has expressed optimism about the strength of Bangladesh-India relations, emphasizing that the two neighbors offer unique opportu-nities to each other that are hard to find elsewhere.
“We need to look at our relationship with mutual sensitivity to each other’s interests, concerns, and aspirations,” he said while interacting with diplomatic correspondents at the Indian High Commission on Monday evening.
The envoy noted that the two countries have a significant stake in each other’s progress and pros-perity.
“We have so many things to offer each other with our growing capabilities and rising ambitions to grow and develop … this is how we look at the relationship,” he said.
Highlighting the importance of a long-term perspective, Verma reiterated India’s strong support for a “democratic, stable, peaceful, progressive, and inclusive” Bangladesh.
The high commissioner underscored India’s commitment to fostering a “positive, stable, and con-structive” partnership with Bangladesh, emphasizing a forward-looking, mutually beneficial ap-proach.
“It has to be a mutually beneficial relationship. We also believe that people are the key stakehold-ers in this relationship. Our cooperation strongly benefits the common people on both sides,” he stated.
The Indian envoy stressed the importance of transforming geographical proximity into new eco-nomic opportunities and reiterated his belief in the strong fundamentals of the relationship.
“We are doing everything we need to do to take forward the mutually beneficial relationship be-tween the two countries,” he acclaimed.
