Dhaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed a press statement along with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka after both the nations ratified the Land Boundary Agreement. Following are the highlights of his speech:
- I am deeply honoured and touched by your special gestures for my visit
- For me, there is the wonderful feeling of visiting a close neighbour
- We are successful fellow travellers on the road to development
- We are also among the largest contributors to UN Peacekeeping and we can also make our region safer and more prosperous
- The visit is a historic moment. We have resolved a question that has lingered since Independence. Our two nations have a settled boundary now
- Our agreements in a variety of different sectors will seek to harness the full potential of the relationship
- Connectivity will increase. We will provide Line of Credit worth $2 billion to Bangladesh
- Our rivers should nurture our relationship, not become a source of discord. Water sharing is, above all, a human issue
- I am confident that with the support of state governments in India, we can reach a fair solution on Teesta and Feni Rivers
- We are two nations defined by our youth. We owe it to them to set new directions and scale new heights in our relations