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India, Bangladesh Seek Deeper Parliamentary and People-to-People Ties
India and Bangladesh want their parliaments to work more closely together.
India’s High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi met Bangladesh’s Speaker and Deputy Speaker in Dhaka.
They discussed visits by lawmakers and cooperation between parliamentary committees.
They also talked about creating friendship groups between the two parliaments.
Another idea was to digitise old parliamentary records.
Trivedi said better cooperation between lawmakers could help people in both countries connect.
He also said the neighbours should understand each other’s challenges and focus on the future.
The countries said their decisions should benefit ordinary people.
Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi met Bangladesh’s Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad and Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal in Dhaka.
The meetings addressed parliamentary friendship groups, delegation visits, committee cooperation and digitising parliamentary records.
Trivedi said legislative engagement could strengthen people-to-people ties between the two neighbouring democracies.
He urged both countries to recognise their respective challenges and avoid becoming stuck in disputes over the past.
India and Bangladesh also discussed bilateral cooperation and strengthening local-government structures.
- Who
- India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, and Bangladesh’s parliamentary and government officials.
- What
- They discussed deeper parliamentary cooperation, bilateral cooperation, local-government structures and people-to-people ties.
- Where
- At Bangladesh’s Parliament and the Secretariat in Dhaka.
- When
- The parliamentary meetings took place on Wednesday; Trivedi’s meeting with government officials was reported from Tuesday.
- Why
- To strengthen cooperation between India and Bangladesh and ensure bilateral decisions benefit ordinary people.
Key facts
- Indian envoy
- Dinesh Trivedi, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh
- Bangladesh’s Speaker
- Hafiz Uddin Ahmad
- Bangladesh’s Deputy Speaker
- Kayser Kamal
- Parliamentary proposals
- Friendship groups, mutual delegation visits, committee cooperation and digitisation of records
- Broader cooperation
- The countries discussed strengthening local-government structures
- Invitations
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla invited Bangladeshi dignitaries to visit India
- Shared message
- Trivedi said both countries should recognise their challenges and move beyond fixation on the past
Quotes
Dinesh Trivedi
India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh
“Ultimately, whatever decisions we take have an impact on ordinary people. So it is our responsibility to ensure that whatever we decide benefits ordinary people. We always say that we share a dream, we share a vision”
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“We have to appreciate Bangladesh's democratic challenges, and Bangladesh also has to appreciate India's challenges. Keeping these challenges in mind, we have to move forward.”
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