Bangladesh
India Role India needs to play a leading role in building a strong Asia: Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka, March 26: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina feels that India has to play a leading role in building a stable and politically-economically strong South Asia. He was speaking on the last day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary and the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh's independence on Friday (March 26).
The Prime Minister said, 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a believer in regional cooperation. In addition to the political emancipation of the oppressed people of the world, he dreamed of economic emancipation. That is why he emphasized cooperation on the basis of mutual trust, confidence and equality. "
"India is the largest country in the region," he said. India needs to play a leading role in building a stable and politically-economically strong South Asia. If we move forward in cooperation with each other, then the development of our people is inevitable. '
The Prime Minister said, "We are taking Bangladesh on the path of prosperity by overcoming various obstacles." Through the relentless efforts of the last 12 years, Bangladesh has received the final recommendation to move from a least developed country to a developing country. We are working to make Bangladesh an upper middle income country by 2031 and a developed and prosperous country by 2041.
"In this auspicious moment of celebrating the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation and the golden jubilee of independence, let us pledge to forget all differences and work for the welfare of the people," he said. We will establish South Asia as a developed and prosperous region.
President Md. Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Bangabandhu's youngest daughter Sheikh Rehana, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Hoque and other high level leaders of Bangladesh, India and different countries were present at the occasion.
