External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India-Bangladesh ties stand out as a “model relationship” in the Indian subcontinent in terms of benefits of regional cooperation.
His remarks came in response to a question by Bangladesh High Commissioner in the UK, Saida Muna Tasneem, during an interaction titled ‘How a Billion People See the World’ in London on Wednesday.
Tasneem asked the EAM about the priority of Dhaka in India’s foreign policy when it comes to security, regional connectivity, shared prosperity and the Indo-Pacific. “Today our relationship stands out in the Indian subcontinent as a model relationship in terms of benefits of regional cooperation,” Jaishankar said.
“Obviously it’s not something unilateral by us.” One of the big changes in that, he said: “For example, with Bangladesh, we have settled our land boundary which is really a big deal.”
“We had differences on our maritime boundary, and we went for arbitration. We agreed that whatever the arbitral award would be, we would both follow. We did when the arbitral award came. A lot of it was not in our favour,” he further said, adding, “It’s a good example for the region and countries.”
