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Says newly appointed Indian envoy
Star Digital Report
Tue Jan 3, 2023 09:40 PM Last update on: Tue Jan 3, 2023 09:45 PM
India today expressed interest in financing the construction and operations of new airports in Bangladesh.
The newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pranay Verma said this during a courtesy call with the Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman, at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) office in Dhaka's Kurmitola.
According to a press release of Caab, the high commissioner expressed interest in training the personnel engaged in the aviation sector of Bangladesh, increasing the capacity of existing airports, building and operating new airports with Indian financing (via line of credit).
In the bilateral meeting, the issue of increasing mutual cooperation in the aviation sector and developing skilled manpower were also discussed.
The CAAB chairman thanked the Indian high commissioner for training 12 civil aviation officers on "Basic Air Traffic Controllers" in India currently, funded by the Indian government.
The talks focused on modernizing the existing flight traffic agreement between the two countries.
The issue of encouraging the airlines of the two countries to launch more flights to new destinations was discussed to speed up communication between the two countries.
In particular, there was a discussion about increasing the connectivity of Bangladesh with the major cities in the eastern part of India.
The meeting also discussed the proposal to sign a memorandum of understanding to increase cooperation between the Civil Aviation Training Academy of the two countries.
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Now Boys and Girls - who can tell me what security issue is there if we let Indians build an airport in Bangladesh ? - Bilal9