[mukto-mona] FW: Bangladesh wants inclusion of Nepal, Bhutan in transit with India --Asia Post editorial dated 7.10.09

 

 

Bangladesh  wants inclusion of Nepal, Bhutan in transit with India Bangladesh official news agency BSS has reported that the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said Bangladesh wants to include Nepal and Bhutan in establishing the transit with India.    Bangladesh always requests India to include Nepal and Bhutan in this important issue keeping in mind that this will bring benefit to all sides, the prime minister said this when visiting the economic affairs minister of Bhutan, Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, paid a call on her at the Prime Minister’s Office in the capital Sunday morning. Sk. Hasina informed the Bhutanese minister that Bangladesh raised the issue for inclusion of Nepal and Bhutan in the transit during the talks with India on different occasions in the past. During the meeting, they discussed issues on bilateral interests, including further expansion of trade and business, facing global warming and climate change, and expansion of people-to-people contact between the two countries, said the press secretary to the prime ministerMentioning the scenic beauty of Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh, she said the three countries could launch a package programme to attract tourists in those countries as Bhutan and Nepal had hills while Bangladesh had the world’s longest sea beach.Laying emphasis on expanding the people-to-people contact between the two countries, she observed that both the countries would be benefited with exchange of visits.    The prime minister expressed the hope that the two countries are pledged-bound to extend cooperation in establishing world peace. We welcome the new initiatives to increase bilateral relations with Bhutan.Prime Minister has mentioned now that Bangladesh wants always the inclusion of Bhutan and Nepal in regional transit arrangement among the four countries  Bangladesh, India,Nepal and Bhutan.She said that Bangladesh had been always requesting this in the past.She has not mentioned what was the Indian reaction.We feel that this is a good proposal for discussion of this touchy transit issue.This is much better than granting corridor to India in the name of Asian highway or otherwise.

 

 

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