Prime Minister’s adviser Gowher Rizvi said on Saturday that the future of Bangladesh-India relation is on the right path .
Confrontations and suspicion that previously characterised relations between the two countries did not bring any good, Rizvi, the foreign affairs adviser to the PM, told an international seminar on Indo-Bangla relations at Senate Building in Dhaka University.
“Various governments had tried to resolve bilateral issues with confrontations and suspicion. But, they did not succeed,” the adviser said.
Only cooperation, not confrontation could resolve the persisting issues centering poverty, terrorism, migration, border and environment etc that guide the bilateral relation of the two countries, he said.
Rizvi also said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India in January 2010 set the foundation of the future Indo-Bangla relation and as a consequence, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh visited Dhaka on September 6 to7.
Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes chaired the seminar titled “Bangladesh-India Relations in the Age of Globalisation: Post-Prime Ministerial Summit Conference”.
India High Commissioner (HC) to Dhaka Rajeet Mitter, former Indian HC to Bangladesh Veena Sikri and Imtiaz Ahmed, professor of International Relations at Dhaka University, also spoke on the occasion.
The two-day seminar is expected to discuss bilateral issues including diplomacy, trade, technology and investment, regional dimension, environment, energy, water, connectivity, security and media in six sessions. Resource persons both from Bangladesh and India will deliver speeches.
Confrontations and suspicion that previously characterised relations between the two countries did not bring any good, Rizvi, the foreign affairs adviser to the PM, told an international seminar on Indo-Bangla relations at Senate Building in Dhaka University.
“Various governments had tried to resolve bilateral issues with confrontations and suspicion. But, they did not succeed,” the adviser said.
Only cooperation, not confrontation could resolve the persisting issues centering poverty, terrorism, migration, border and environment etc that guide the bilateral relation of the two countries, he said.
Rizvi also said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India in January 2010 set the foundation of the future Indo-Bangla relation and as a consequence, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh visited Dhaka on September 6 to7.
Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes chaired the seminar titled “Bangladesh-India Relations in the Age of Globalisation: Post-Prime Ministerial Summit Conference”.
India High Commissioner (HC) to Dhaka Rajeet Mitter, former Indian HC to Bangladesh Veena Sikri and Imtiaz Ahmed, professor of International Relations at Dhaka University, also spoke on the occasion.
The two-day seminar is expected to discuss bilateral issues including diplomacy, trade, technology and investment, regional dimension, environment, energy, water, connectivity, security and media in six sessions. Resource persons both from Bangladesh and India will deliver speeches.