PM Modi will be visiting Bangladesh for two days from March 26 to March 27. NewsMobile breaks down the significance and details of PM Modi’s first international visit post the Covid-19 pandemic.
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What to watch out for?
1. Bilateral meetings with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
2.Pacts likely to be signed in sectors such as health, railways, border infrastructure development and start-ups
3.Disaster management, trade and oceanography will be given special focus
4.A resolution might come on the Teesta river water sharing which remains a contentious issue
5.Prime Minister Modi will participate in the centenary celebrations of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman upon his arrival in Dhaka
6. Modi to visit the Thakurbari at Orakandi.This is the heartland of the Matua Hindus who constitute a sizeable community in both Bangladesh and West Bengal
Why is the visit significant?
1.India and Bangladesh have close strategic cooperation
2.Security ties have deepened under Narendra Modi-Sheikh Hasina leadership
3.India has extended full support to Bangladesh in its fight against extremism
4.Bangladesh has clamped down on anti-India elements operating out of its soil earlier
5.Close cooperation in the multilateral arena
6.Bangladesh is a leading beneficiary of India’s vaccine Maitri
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Why is the world watching the Modi-Hasina meet?
1.50 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and India
2.PM Modi’s first-ever tour after the Covid-19 pandemic
3.Visit highlights the priority India attaches to Bangladesh
4.Marks 50 years of Bangladesh liberation war
India-Bangladesh Bilateral Ties: A Quick Roundup
Economy & Trade:
- Bangladesh is India’s biggest trading partner and destination for India’s exports in South Asia.
- India is also the second-largest source of imports, after China, for Bangladesh
Bangladesh is the recipient of India’s largest-ever financial assistance
Defence Cooperation:
- Joint exercises of Army (Exercise Sampriti) and Navy (Exercise Milan) take place between the two countries
- India and Bangladesh share 4096.7 km of the border, which is the longest land boundary that India shares with any of its neighbours
Rohingya Crisis
- India is the only country that shares a common border with both Myanmar and Bangladesh
- India supports sustainable repatriation of the Rohingya refugees