Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said rising energy prices are presently posing a challenge to all developing countries and fruitful talks between Bangladesh and India are underway on connecting power transmission lines.
“The unveiling of the first unit of Maitree Thermal Power Plant today will increase the availability of affordable electricity in Bangladesh,” he said.
The Indian PM said his country is the largest market in Asia for Bangladesh's exports and to further “accelerate” this growth, they will soon start discussions on the bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
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Modi said he had a “fruitful conversation” with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on enhancing cooperation in relation to flood mitigation.
He said India has been sharing flood-related data with Bangladesh on a real-time basis and we have also extended the period of data sharing.
“Today, we also stressed on cooperation against terrorism and radicalism. To keep the spirit of 1971 alive, it is also very important that we fight together with such forces, which want to attack our mutual trust,” Modi said.
In realizing the vision of a stable, prosperous and progressive Bangladesh that Bangabandhu had seen, Modi said, India will continue to walk step by step with Bangladesh. “Our conversation today was also an excellent opportunity to reiterate this core commitment.”
