Bangladesh Conflict of Liberation is the bedrock of its ties with India, says Indian envoy

The envoy stated that the Indian Excessive Fee in Dhaka is continually endeavouring to enhance its sources to higher deal with the large quantity of visa requests from Bangladeshi nationals.

India stands able to stroll along with Bangladesh in realising Dhaka’s imaginative and prescient of a steady, progressive and affluent nation, the Indian envoy has stated in Dhaka as he underlined that the 1971 Liberation Conflict stays the bedrock for ties between the 2 nations.

“It’s time for us to cherish our friendship and reiterate the dedication to protect and promote the spirit of 1971 that continues to be the bedrock of our (Bangladesh-India) ties,” Indian Excessive Commissioner Pranay Verma was quoted as saying by Bangladesh’s nationwide information company BSS.

Conveying his warmest needs on Victory Day, Mr. Verma on Saturday stated the Liberation Conflict and the triumph of the folks epitomise the 2 nations’ shared sacrifices for Bangladesh’s freedom and stand testimony to the time-tested friendship between Delhi and Dhaka.

“As nations whose destinies are as related as our geographies and historic roots, we’re as we speak on the cusp of realising the promise of a Sonali adhyay (golden chapter) in our ties,” he stated.

The Liberation Conflict in 1971 broke after the sudden crackdown at midnight on March 25, 1971, within the erstwhile East Pakistan by the Pakistani troops and ended on December 16. The identical yr Pakistan conceded defeat and unconditionally surrendered in Dhaka to the allied forces comprising the liberty fighters and the Indian troopers.

Talking on the opening ceremony of the Biman Bangladesh Airways inaugural flight from Dhaka to Chennai at Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport right here, Mr. Verma stated the extent and scope of partnership and the engagement between Bangladesh and India has grown at a fast tempo lately and connectivity has been one of many main manifestations of this transformation within the relationship.

When it comes to air connectivity alone, he stated, there are greater than 120 flights linking Dhaka with 5 main Indian cities each week, moreover a Delhi flight linking Chattogram with Kolkata.

“Whether or not for tourism, for enterprise, for well being care or training, our people-to-people join is a thriving, residing basis of our bilateral relations,” Mr. Verma stated, including that the variety of folks travelling to one another’s nation is just going to develop within the coming years.

“The brand new transport hyperlinks that are being consistently added to reinforce our cross-border linkages, and the rising variety of our folks travelling to one another’s nations mirror a brand new period of our rising engagement and a brand new momentum in our people-to-people relations,” he stated.

Over the last monetary yr, the envoy stated, they issued over 15 lakh visas to Bangladeshi residents visiting India, and the quantity goes to be surpassed this yr.

“We do certainly need this quantity to develop as a result of we consider that people-to-people relations are what makes our relationship particular,” he stated.

The envoy stated that the Indian Excessive Fee in Dhaka is continually endeavouring to enhance its sources to higher deal with the large quantity of visa requests from Bangladeshi nationals.

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M. Mahbub Ali and Biman Bangladesh Airways Managing Director and CEO Shafiul Azim had been current on the event.

Biman Bangladesh board of administrators chairman Mostofa Kamal Uddin, Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Md. Mokammel Hossain and HSIA’s Government Director Captain M. Kamrul Islam had been additionally current.

The inaugural flight operated by Boeing 737 carrying 161 passengers took off from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport (HSIA) at 12.50 p.m. (native time).

Initially, Biman will function three flights weekly on this route on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday with departure from Dhaka at 12:50 p.m. (native time) arrival at Chennai at 3:20 p.m. (native time) and return flight departure from Chennai at 4:15 p.m. (native time) and arrival at Dhaka at 7:30 p.m. (native time).