The trade imbalance with India has never been a matter of real concern for any government of Bangladesh. Thats why all the smuggling on our borders has seldom - and probably NEVER - been an issue in Parliament. We don't care about the billion dollar smuggling rackets on our borders but we are concerned about how much shathkora achar we export to India?!
We should offer transit to India. And continue to valiantly claim the submerged Talpatty islands.
Freaking all this criminality on our borders but Dipu Moni's strongest foreign policy statement on our sovereignty is her claim to the Talpatty islands - after it is declared submerged.
You couldn't make up this crap.
But on the other Bangladeshi hand at least she speaks half decent English and studied abroad.
What more could you ask of a Bangladeshi foreign minister eh?
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *Bangladesh offers India connection to northeastern states*
>
> Bangladesh Friday offered India a connection to its northeastern states as
> well as Thailand and Myanmar via Bangladeshi territory.
>
> 'We are ready to take on our destiny as the natural bridge between two
> dynamically thriving regions - South and Southeast Asia,' Bangladesh High
> Commissioner Tariq A. Karim said at the two-day international conference on
> 'From Landlocked to Land-built: North East India in BIMSTEC' at the North
> East Hill University here.
>
> Thailand Ambassador Kirit Kraichitti and his Myanmar counterpart U Kyi Thein
> also attended the international meet inaugurated by Minister of State for
> External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Friday. 'Bangladesh is ready to help not
> only to reconnect India's northeastern states with the rest of the mainland
> India, but also enable Nepal and Bhutan to gain access to the sea, and
> enable India reach Myanmar and Thailand overland through easy terrain,' the
> Bangladeshi envoy said.
>
> Stressing that Bangladesh is eager to serve as the hub of regional linkages,
> Karim said his country has allowed India to use its Chittagong and Mongla
> ports.
>
> A bold step in this direction has already been initiated with Ashuganj in
> Bangladesh and the Silghat in India added as new ports of call under
> existing riverine transit and trade arrangments, he said.
>
> In order to facilitate sea-going access for land-locked BIMSTEC regions with
> Sri Lanka in the southeast and Thailand in the east and beyond, Karim said
> Bangladesh has also decided to allow Nepal and Bhutan to use Chittagong and
> Mongla ports.
>
> Stating the trade imbalance in India's favour has long been a matter of
> concern for Bangladesh, Karim invited Indian entrepreneurs to invest in
> power generation, IT and telecommunication, textiles, healthcare and among
> others in his country. 'We have announced a number of measures that are
> aimed at making Bangladesh one of the most foreign investor-friendly
> destinations,' he said.
>
> http://sify.com/finance/bangladesh-offers-india-connection-to-northeastern-states-news-default-kejxabhjhdh.html
>
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