Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami has said they want to restart issuing tourist visas as soon as possible, noting they are waiting to see if the Covid-19 situation is normalised with vaccination in Bangladesh and India, reports UNB.
"...hopefully soon. We would really want to start it," he said while addressing the reporters at the High Commission after celebrating the Republic Day of India on Tuesday.
He hoped people would have more confidence with vaccination in Bangladesh and India.
The 72nd Republic Day was celebrated at the High Commission of India, Dhaka with members of the Indian community maintaing social distancing.
Mr Doraiswami read out a message of the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
He believes India and Bangladesh must progress together and even during the Covid-19 outbreak, they wanted to work as closely as possible with their neighbours, particularly with Bangladesh.
Hence, Doraiswami said, Bangladesh is one of the first countries to receive vaccines from India, both as a gift and through commercial procurement.
He hoped the roll-out of vaccination in Bangladesh would be as fast as possible as he quoted World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus saying no one can be immune alone from this disease.
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