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'Cordial
ties with Bangladesh important for India'
Friday July 22, 2011 08:16:58 PM,
IANS
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Shillong:
As India and Bangladesh reopen a border haat (market) in Meghalaya
Saturday, state Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said that maintaining
cordial bilateral ties with the neighbouring country is very
important for India.
"It is very important for us (India) to maintain bilateral ties
with Bangladesh and one of the means to maintain this good
relation is through trade and commerce," Sangma said here Friday.
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and his Bangladesh
counterpart Faruk Khan will inaugurate the border haat at
Kalaichar in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district and Baliamari of
Bangladesh's Kurigram district.
Stressing on the inter-dependence between the two neighbouring
countries, Sangma said the opening of border haats would go a long
way to achieve this objective. "Through trade and commerce, people
to people, relationships would be built leading to better
relations between India-Bangladesh," Sangma told IANS.
These border haats stopped after the 1971 Bangladesh liberation
war. Border markets are popular among people on both sides of the
border living in remote enclaves and hilly areas as they find it
difficult to buy and sell products needed in everyday life.
To boost bilateral trade, Sangma said the government is planning
to tap the Chittagong port for trade and commerce with Bangladesh
in consultation with the union government.
"The Chittagong port will help the region (North Eastern States)
to bridge the infrastructural bottle neck that is in existence can
be addressed," Sangma said.
The strategic Chittagong Port located in southeastern part of
Bangladesh could help India's northeastern states and boost its
economy. The Indian government has decided to construct a bridge
over Feni river in south Tripura to get access to the port.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had agreed to have land,
air and waterways connectivity and especially to allow India to
use the Chittagong Port to transport goods to our landlocked
region (northeastern states).
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