6th B’desh-Myanmar joint commission meeting Sunday

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6th B’desh-Myanmar joint commission meeting Sunday
Connectivity, boosting trade to be high on agenda

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Reported by: UNBconnect
Reported on: November 10, 2012 19:45 PM
Reported in: National

Dhaka, Nov 10 (UNB) - The sixth meeting of Bangladesh-Myanmar Joint Commission for economic cooperation begins here on Sunday, aiming to establish better connectivity and boost bilateral trade between the two next-door neighbours.

Deputy Minister for Commerce Dr Pwint San will lead the Myanmar side while Bangladesh Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed the home side to the meeting to be held at Hotel Purbani in the city, an official at the Commerce Ministry told UNB over phone.

He said the meeting, set to start at 10am, will focus on enhancing economic cooperation and establishing regional connectivity. Direct air and shipping links between the two countries, and cooperation in energy and agriculture sectors are likely to dominate at the meeting.

The Myanmar delegation will later hold talks with Commerce Minister GM Quader at his Secretariat office at 4pm.

Earlier, Bangladesh sent a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) to Myanmar on air connectivity and some other issues for their approval.

The fifth meeting of Bangladesh-Myanmar Joint Commission for economic cooperation was held in Naypyidaw in July last year.

Business leaders have long been demanding stronger connectivity with Myanmar as they think the high potentials of bilateral trade with neighbouring Myanmar have apparently remained untapped for four major hurdles -- lack of air, water and road connectivity, and required formal trade channel.

 

[Tshering22]

But I thought you two are at loggerheads.

 

[alaungphaya]

But I thought you two are at loggerheads.

Why do you think that? At the ministerial level, things are normal. It might change if the extremists get into power in desh, though.

 

[Hammer_fist]

The Awami League regime currently in power in Dhaka is anti-Rohingya and also, though it does not state so expliclity anti-Muslim in general, so it is natural that it has good relations with the Naypyidaw dictatorship.

Burma is run by extremists.

Extremists who seek Bamar racial supremacy and Bamar racial hegemony and who have alienated ethnic minority groups so much that there are now 4-5 ethnic rebel armies who control huge chunks of the country.

The question is this:

Khaleda Zia and her BNP will probably be back in power in the next 13 months, will she:

a: Work with an India that will help her to have her son Tariq Zia in politics and thus follow the pro-Indian policy of ignoring the suffering of Rohingyas and indirectly supporting the Indian goal of ethnic cleansing of Muslims from the strategic Arakan region and Sittwe.

b: Will she pursue traditional BNP politics and work with America and Muslim countries to help the Rohingyas.

If she pursues b, then Burma may face a major Rohingya insurgency with Muslim volunteers from outside regions too and the complete and utter destruction of Burma, with the other 4-5 ethnic armies possibly forming a coalition to launch a ground offensive to capture Naypyidaw.