DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged India to take the lead position for South Asia’s political stability and financial upliftment as her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi joined the celebrations of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s fiftieth Independence Day and the delivery centenary of its founder ‘Bangabandu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“We laud Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Neighborhood First’ coverage (however) India must play a pioneering position in constructing a steady and politically-economically vibrant South Asia,” Hasina advised the ceremony, which was additionally attended by President Abdul Hamid and diplomats from a number of nations.
She appreciated India for sending COVID-19 vaccines for stopping coronavirus to the neighbouring nations, together with Bangladesh, saying the gesture was a “reflection of that coverage”.
“If we transfer ahead hand-in-hand, the event of our individuals is inevitable, she stated, noting that Dhaka-New Delhi relations by now reached to a “new peak.”
She identified India’s assist to Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation Struggle and stated, “India is inextricably linked to Bangladesh’s delivery”.
Hasina concurrently paid wealthy tributes to the Indian Military veterans who fought for Bangladesh’s independence alongside Bangladeshi freedom fighters whereas quite a few octogenarian Indian navy officers who fought within the 1971 liberation battle have been current among the many viewers.
The perform drew the conclusion of a 10-day nationwide celebration of Bangabandhu’s delivery centenary and the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence.
Hasina is the daughter of Rahman, the Father of the Nation.
The battle broke out after the sudden crackdown at midnight previous on March 25, 1971, in erstwhile East Pakistan by the Pakistani troops and ended on December 16.
The identical 12 months Pakistan conceded defeat and unconditionally surrendered in Dhaka to the allied forces comprising the liberty fighters and the Indian troopers.
Formally three million individuals have been killed in the course of the nine-month-long battle.
