Bangladesh to work closely with new Indian govt

The government will work closely with the new Indian government to take Bangladesh-India relations to a greater height, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said Sunday.
“The government looks forward to working closely with the incoming government of India,” he said while briefing diplomats of SAARC and ASEAN countries at State guesthouse Padma, according to a news agency.
The Foreign Minister congratulated the people of India on a successful election and peaceful transition of power in the world’s largest democracy.
He reaffirmed that the government is on track to further intensify the cooperation under the regional and sub-regional mechanism including South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) and Bangladesh–China–India–Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation (BCIM).
He said Dhaka deeply values bilateral relations with its South and South East Asian neighbours and would continue to pursue ‘good neighbourliness and regionalism’ for greater inter-regional economic cooperation and connectivity.
Ambassadors and High Commissioners from 14 SAARC and ASEAN countries including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam were present.