Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma was invited by the National Defence College of Bangladesh to address the 2025 NDC course participants on 15 September, monday.
High Commissioner spoke about India’s foreign policy and development strategy, highlighting India’s growing engagement with the world to promote international cooperation, reforms of global governance and interests of the Global South, as well as to serve India’s quest for inclusive, sustainable and rapid national development.
He highlighted the long-term vision of India-Bangladesh relations under India’s foreign policy priorities of “Neighbourhood First”, “Act East Policy”, the MAHASAGAR doctrine, as well as India’s Indo-Pacific Vision.
High Commissioner mentioned that India and Bangladesh should work together to strengthen their interdependencies and transform their geographical proximity, growing economic capabilities and future aspirations, into new opportunities for mutually rewarding cooperation.
He pointed out that as two important economies of the region, India and Bangladesh are also important drivers for regional integration under the framework of BIMSTEC, whose secretariat is located in Dhaka and which envisions bridging the growth opportunities of South Asia with Southeast Asia.
High Commissioner noted that India will continue to seek a stable, positive, constructive, forward-looking and mutually beneficial relationship with Bangladesh based on mutual respect and mutual sensitivity, with people of both countries as the main stakeholders in this partnership.
