Friendship with B’desh cornerstone of our foreign policy: Indian envoy

By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Feb 15 : Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday said that Bangladesh is India’s true and special friend and the friendship is the cornerstone of India’s Foreign Policy.
Doraiswami said: “India never showed any ‘big-brother’ attitude towards Bangladesh. We will do our best to carry forward our committment of strong relations with Bangladesh with 170 million people.” The High Commissioner spoke on various aspects of the relationship between the two nations from connectivity to trade, water sharing, border killings, among others.
Doraiswami further said that India is working hard on the Teesta agreement. It is not only a matter of the Centre but the state government is also involved in it.
“Complexity of the Teesta problem is a domestic challenge for India.” He made the statement at at the National Press Club organised by the Diplomatic Correspondent Association of Bangladesh (DCAB).