Building on its longstanding tradition of holding bilateral discussion with think tank partners in India, a CPD team will be joining the “India-Bangladesh Strategic Dialogue” to be held in Delhi on June 22-23.
The discussion is being jointly organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and the Ananta Aspen Centre, New Delhi, read a press release.
This is a Track-Two (non-government) initiative. This will be the second dialogue under the CPD-Ananta Aspen collaboration, the first one was held virtually on May 18, 2022.
The CPD along with its partners in India over the years has organised 16 such dialogues. The dialogues were held alternatively in Dhaka and Delhi.
The Delhi CPD-Ananta Aspen upcoming dialogue will discuss a range of bilateral issues having strategic and contemporary relevance.
Participants will deliberate on water sharing, multimodal connectivity including road, rail, water, coastal shipping, energy and digital connectivity. Bilateral cooperation will be explored in novel areas such as monetary cooperation and technology transfer.
The evolution of bilateral relations will also be assessed in the context of emerging geo-strategic circumstances.
It is anticipated that at a time when the two countries stand at important crossroads and are heading towards national elections, the dialogue will be an opportunity to discuss how Indo-Bangladesh bilateral relationship could be reframed and reimagined in a way that meets the aspirations of both the countries and their people.
The dialogue in New Delhi will bring together high-level policymakers, experts and partners from both countries.
From the Bangladesh side, the participants include Dr Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director, CPD; Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, CPD; Prof Mustafizur Rahman, Distinguished Fellow, CPD; Brig Gen (retd) Dr Sakhawat Hussain, former election commissioner, Md Shahidul Haque, former senior secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr Amena Mohsin, Prof of Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka; Dr M Tamim, Prof at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET); and Shams Mahmud, President of Bangladesh-Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
