{"id":41434,"date":"2018-02-22T08:33:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=41434"},"modified":"2018-02-22T08:33:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:33:14","slug":"india-has-nothing-to-worry-about-china-bangladesh-ties-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=41434","title":{"rendered":"India has nothing to worry about China-Bangladesh ties: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hasina said her government was only concerned about development, and is ready to cooperate with any country that helps Bangladesh\u2019s growth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked India not to worry about Dhaka\u2019s growing ties with China, asserting that the cooperation with Beijing was meant only for the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

Hasina said her government was only concerned about the development, and is ready to cooperate with any country that helps Bangladesh\u2019s growth,\u00a0Press Trust of India reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want investment and cooperation from whoever offers it. We want development of the country… We have to think about our people as they are the beneficiaries of the development,\u201d Hasina on Tuesday told a delegation of visiting Indian journalists at her official residence.<\/p>\n

She said India, China, Japan and even the Middle Eastern countries were coming to Bangladesh for cooperation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndia has nothing to be worried about it,\u201d Hasina said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will (rather) suggest India should have good relations with its neighbours, including Bangladesh, so this region could be developed further and we can show the world that we all work together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hasina, 70, said Bangladesh and India shared \u201cexcellent\u201d ties and the two countries have set an example of solving problems like maritime and boundary disputes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is any problem, we could solve it through discussions as we did it in the past. We want to build a peaceful South Asia,\u201d Hasina said.<\/p>\n

She said that during her 1996-2001 tenure, the two countries had signed the Ganges water treaty while in her second term maritime and boundary issues were resolved.<\/p>\n

China has vowed to boost military-to-military relations with Bangladesh by stepping up defence ties, including broadening of personnel training and cooperation in equipment technology.<\/p>\n

Earlier, China said it planned to provide Bangladesh with a whopping $ nine billion low-interest loan to build six rail projects including one close to the Indian border.<\/p>\n

Hasina also sought India\u2019s support in repatriation of over a million Rohingyas to Myanmar, fearing that their prolonged stay in Bangladesh could create security risks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want India to put pressure on Myanmar so they quickly take back their displaced people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hasina directed the foreign office to hold a dialogue with five countries, including India, which have borders with Myanmar, hoping that the initiative will help in solving the Rohingya crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe monsoon is nearing and keeping the Rohingyas in this way (in makeshift camps) is very risky for Bangladesh as well as for them,\u201d she told the journalists.<\/p>\n

The journalists from Kolkata and New Delhi are on a visit to Bangladesh to participate in a three-day Bangladesh-India media dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hasina said her government was only concerned about development, and is ready to cooperate with any country that helps Bangladesh\u2019s growth Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked India not to worry about Dhaka\u2019s growing ties with China, asserting that the cooperation with Beijing was meant only for the country\u2019s development. Hasina said her government was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":41435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n