South Asian golden quadrilateral in the making: Bangladesh

[Banana]

Dhaka(Sana)India and Bangladesh are preparing to spearhead a South Asian Golden Quadrilateral, a sub-regional grouping with Nepal and Bhutan which will look forward to long-term cooperation and sharing of water resources, power and connectivity, an official says.
India is getting ready to reset its relations with Bangladesh. Both countries will sign a land boundary agreement and a water-sharing agreement when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes his first bilateral visit to Dhaka.

“We will resolve all outstanding issues between our two countries,” said Gowher Rizvi, close adviser to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.

But, beyond repairing bilateral ties, India and Bangladesh are preparing to spearhead a South Asian Golden Quadrilateral, a sub-regional grouping with Nepal and Bhutan which will look forward to long-term cooperation and sharing of water resources, power and connectivity, said Masiur Rehman, Hasina’s economic adviser.

The two top functionaries of the Bangladesh government are in India to finalize details for the PM’s trip, meeting national security adviser Shivshankar Menon, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and home minister P Chidambaram. “We’re picking up from where we left off in the Indira-Mujib pact of 1974,” said Rizvi.

The land boundary agreement will not only change the map of India, it will be the first resolved boundary that India has with any of its neighbours. The agreement will essentially formalize the status quo on enclaves and areas under adverse possession — that is, there will be no transfer of territory or people. The 53,000 people residing in the enclaves, who have just been counted in the first ever census there, will get the citizenship of the country they reside it, said Rizvi. If they want to change later, they would have to go by normal channels.

On economic cooperation, Bangladesh and India have identified over 17 projects that will be implemented by the $1 billion line of credit from India. Bangladesh has asked for 61 items to be removed from the negative list, but India is still wondering whether this could be a precedent that would have to be followed for other countries as well.

Meanwhile, the return of ULFA leader Anup Chetia to India before the PM’s trip is all but certain. The Bangladesh home minister has said there was no objection to it, but certain procedures have to be followed. After Chidambaram’s visit, his counterpart, Sahara Khatun was quoted saying, “I don’t think there is any obstacle in handing him (Chetia) over to India … but definitely, there are procedures in extraditing someone who is in jail.” Bangladeshi security forces on Thursday also arrested the chief of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji), Moulana Yahiya, along with his two accomplices from central Kishorganj district.

On economic ties with India, Rizvi and Rehman said Bangladesh was keen to attract Indian investment in all sectors. “Let not the experience of Tata influence other investments.” The Tata group had to pull out from a proposed investment in the steel sector in Bangladesh during the previous BNP regime, which was openly hostile to India.

That, ultimately is the challenge for both countries — to ensure that a change of government in Dhaka does not put the brakes on bilateral cooperation


South Asian News Agency | South Asian golden quadrilateral in the making: Bangladesh

 

[Laughing_soldier]

Manmohan visiting bangladesh on 6th next month. waiting eagerly.

 

[superNova]

this is just a method to use these small countries, bangladesh should stop these efforts which makes india to exploit bangladesh

 

[Banana]

this is just a method to use these small countries, bangladesh should stop these efforts which makes india to exploit bangladesh

Pakistan should offer some lessons to Bangladesh(India) How to get Exploited by Big Countries(China)

 

[Abhishek_]

this is just a method to use these small countries, bangladesh should stop these efforts which makes india to exploit bangladesh

this is just a method to use these small countries, pakistan should stop these efforts which makes china to exploit pakistan

 

[aakash_2410]

this is just a method to use these small countries, bangladesh should stop these efforts which makes india to exploit bangladesh

You are no friend of Bangladesh either.

 

[Zabaniyah]

You are no friend of Bangladesh either.

Unless you are AL

You'd be surprised that the country's first commercial bank - IFIC had business links with Pakistan. There are other examples.

 

[aakash_2410]

Unless you are AL

You'd be surprised that the country's first commercial bank - IFIC had business links with Pakistan. There are other examples.

lool Aren't you the same Bangladeshis who were arguing with Pakistanis last week on some other thread?

 

[Areesh]

this is just a method to use these small countries, pakistan should stop these efforts which makes china to exploit pakistan

China doesn't exploit Pakistan.

 

[Zabaniyah]

lool Aren't you the same Bangladeshis who were arguing with Pakistanis last week on some other thread?

Um, yeah so? It rarely happens. Does Bangladesh-Pakistan relations have to be bottled up in a forum?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

So the tributaries will go to other countries?

 

[Tshering22]

“We will resolve all outstanding issues between our two countries,

What issues?

 

[Banana]

China doesn't exploit Pakistan.

FTA Gutted Down the Pakistani Throats along with the Cheap Chinese Goods!

 

[Areesh]

FTA Gutted Down the Pakistani Throats along with the Cheap Chinese Goods!

Pakistan throat?? It was the Pakistani govt with it's own wish and consent who went for it. Don't make up "facts" dear.

 

[Al-zakir]

Bharti is not going to get what it wants. You are not getting corridor through our land. If Awami dalal force us to do so then they will be force to die. Al days are ending.