Live: Wonderful feeling to meet a close neighbour, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived here to a red carpet welcome on his maiden visit which is expected to put ties with Bangladesh in a new trajectory, as the two sides will firm up a number of pacts to boost cooperation besides ratifying the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement.
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Deeply honoured and touched by your special gestures for my visit, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he wants to see Bangladesh grow in the same manner as he dreams for India.
“I would like to Bangladesh grow in the same manner as I dream for India,” Modi said at a joint press conference which he addressed along with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
The visiting prime minister said that India and Bangladesh are on the threshold of a new relationship and it would flourish in the future.
“We stand at a moment of huge opportunity in our relationship. Prime Minister Hasina and I recognise that. People in India admire your nation’s progress despite challenges. We want you to succeed in your Mission 2021 and 2041,” Modi said. “We are successful fellow travellers on the road to development.
This is a relationship of great importance for us and our region,” he said.
The highlight of Modi’s visit to Dhaka has been the signing of the India-Bangladesh Land Border Agreement and starting of two new bus services between the two neighbours.
“We have resolved a question that has lingered since Independence. Our two nations have a settled boundary. We launched two bus services that will connect our citizens more easily and our two nations more closely,” the prime minister said.
Prime Minister Modi also expressed his appreciation for the warmth shown towards him in the neighbouring country.
“And for me, it is a wonderful feeling of meeting a close neighbor. I am deeply honoured and touched by your special gestures for my visit. For me, there is the wonderful feeling of visiting a close neighbour,” he said.
“Vision and leadership, humanism and sacrifices give birth to dream of ‘Shonar Bangla’. Everything I have experienced here reflects the warmth and generosity of people of Bangladesh. Today morning I paid tribute to Bangabandhu, a great leader of our era,” the prime minister said.
Offering his thanks to accompanying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Modi said, “I am privileged to have with us the Chief Minister of West Bengal.”
India, Bangladesh sign Land Boundary Agreement
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina exchanged the Instruments of Ratification of Land Boundary Agreement this afternoon, in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
History is made as the Instruments of Ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement are exchanged. pic.twitter.com/HHeBhK3prs
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 6, 2015
Indo-Bangladesh bus service launched
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday afternoon flaged-off the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala and Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati bus service.
Saluting an icon of democracy, a towering personality & a great friend of India, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. pic.twitter.com/c3XfnQA3Kj
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 6, 2015
Paid tributes at the National Martyrs' Memorial. pic.twitter.com/LRlEUzBDxq
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 6, 2015
India and Bangladesh are likely to sign 19 agreements during Modi’s 2-day visit, reported ANI.
Honouring the memory of a martyr. PM visits Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman pic.twitter.com/VcrY86a98w
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2015
PM Modi at Sheikh Mujibur Rahman memorial
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman memorial. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was an eminent Bangladeshi nationalist leader and the father of the current PM Sheikh Hasina.
PM Modi arrives at martyrs’ memorial
The Prime Minister arrived at the Bangladesh national martyrs’ memorial. At 2.45 pm, Modi will have a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, according to CNN-IBN.
Remembering the sacrifice of the Liberation Struggle. PM @narendramodi at the National Martyrs' Memorial pic.twitter.com/HuKK85mhv8
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2015
In an emotional tweet, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Vikas Swarup pointed out that both the Indian national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and Bangladeshi national anthem ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ were written by Rabindranath Tagore.
A red carpet welcome. Breaking protocol, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receives PM @narendramodi at the airport. pic.twitter.com/fXMMNXPF8d
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2015
Two neighbours. Two national anthems. One author. Amar Sonar Bangla and Jana Gana Mana play at ceremonial reception pic.twitter.com/IpWCEW9tNm
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2015
Modi thanks Bangladesh PM for ‘warm welcome’
Hello Bangladesh. I bring with me the affection & goodwill of the people of India.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 6, 2015
Thank you PM Sheikh Hasina for the warm welcome. I look forward to a very good visit that will strengthen ties between India & Bangladesh.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 6, 2015
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