South Asia

'We have vastly improved our relationship with Bangladesh'

Update: 07:18, 4 January 2023

Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said his country has vastly improved its relationship with Bangladesh.
S Jaishankar made the remarks on Sunday evening while addressing the members of the Indian diaspora in Vienna, capital of Austria.

Talking about relations with Bangladesh, S Jaishankar said, 'If there is one border and one region (of India) which has dramatically improved in the last decade, it is actually eastern and northeastern India. And the reason for that is that we have actually vastly improved our relationship with Bangladesh. We have settled our land boundary agreement with that country. And really, that is an example of successful diplomacy that has directly contributed.'
Indian foreign minister described India's problem with China as an 'intense challenge' and took a dig at Pakistan and said that the problem of cross-border terrorism from Islamabad is still continuing.
foreign minister Jaishankar said, 'Now, I spoke to you about the changes in governance. Let me also say that there have been obvious in this period, very profound changes in our national security. And a lot of that, of course, is centred around more intense challenges that we face on our northern border with China. I think most of you would be familiar with that.'
We continue to have, of course, the problem of cross-border terrorism with Pakistan, Jaishankar added.
Foreign minister Jaishankar is on his official visit to Austria, where he met Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer, and Bulgarian president Rumen Georgiev Radev.