Dhaka, Jan 26 (UNI) Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen, MP emphasized on synergized efforts and mutually beneficial partnership between Bangladesh and India for the betterment of lives and livelihoods of the people of two countries.
He expressed this in his remarks delivered as the Chief Guest at the event organized by the High Commission of India in Dhaka on the occasion of the 74th Republic Day of India. A number of Cabinet Ministers, Ambassadors and high dignitaries attended the said event.
Foreign Minister gratefully recalled the crucial role played by the people and Government of India during the War of Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971 led by the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In this context, he enthusiastically termed India as Bangladesh’s closest neighbour both in terms of bilateral relations and geographical proximity.