[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh offers India connection to northeastern states

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.

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