Want to settle all issues in a friendly ambience: Hasina

Want to settle all issues in a friendly ambience: Hasina

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1. PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Ms. Hasina participated in convocation of Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan university and the inauguration of the Bangladesh Bhavana.

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2. Both the leaders spoke about the contribution of Rabindranth Tagore and how the poet is a shared cultural icon between the two countries.
3. Hasina announced setting up of two new universities named after Rabindranath Tagore, one at Shahajpur and the other at Kustia, both the places where the Tagore family managed large zamindari estates.
4. Just as the Government of Bangladesh has constructed Bangladesh Bhawan at Visva Bharati, the Government of India has taken up the task of renovating Kuthi Bari in Kustia district of Bangladesh.
5. The Prime Minister of Bangladesh remember India’s support in its liberation war of 1971 and then in 1975 when her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and other members of her family were assassinated. Some important excerpts from her speech are

• The land boundary agreement which settled the enclave issue was a rare example of border issues between two countries having been sorted out “amicably.”
• There are still various pending issues between India and Bangladesh, which must be settle in a friendly ambience.
• Hasina also urged for “cooperation from all to put pressure” on the government of Myanmar so that over one million Rohingya, who had taken shelter in Bangladesh, could return to their country.

6. Modi said the relations between the two countries were born out of “shared struggles of the past” and both were facing common problems like climate change. Underlining the importance of “mutual cooperation,” he said both countries “can learn from each other in areas of public policy and culture.”
7. Modi emphasize on increased cooperation in areas like connectivity, space connectivity and power.