Bangladesh, India To Hold Joint Military Exercise

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Bangladesh, India To Hold Joint Military Exercise

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP)--Bangladesh's army said Thursday it was planning to hold its first joint military exercise with Indian troops, in the troubled northeastern Indian state of Assam next month.
An armed forces spokesman said the small-scale exercise involving 20 para-commandos from each country would be held at Jorhat in insurgency-hit Assam from Feb. 22 to March 7.
The move comes just weeks after Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party won a landslide victory in Bangladesh's general elections.
The Awami League, which led the country to independence from Pakistan after a blood war of liberation in 1971, is seen as close to India. Indian forces fought with Bangladeshi troops against Pakistani soldiers during the war.
But New Delhi's relations with Dhaka soured after 1975, when Awami League leader and the father of the current premier Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in a military coup.
In recent years, the ties have often been strained by border skirmishes and New Delhi's accusations that Bangladesh-based Islamic groups were behind a number of blasts across India.

 

[BanglaBhoot]

In recent years, the ties have often been strained by border skirmishes and New Delhi's accusations that Bangladesh-based Islamic groups were behind a number of blasts across India.

Accusations which were never actually proven .....

 

[anathema]

I Searched the entire thread ---- and guess what ??

I did not find the word 'AWAMI STOOGES' yet....i guess the relations are indeed improving....

But the idune has not yet made any appearance....

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

self-delete

 

[CONNAN]

finally we have a military exercise with bangladesh

 

[Chanakyaa]

A great move which will positively improve our relations.

 

[faithfulguy]

A good move by India. Hopefully, India can finally resolve border dispute with at least one of its neighbors. Joint military exercise would be a good start.

 

[SpArK]

It would be a good beginning for a brighter Indo-Bd relationship.

 

[Chanakyaa]

@faithfulguy..

We dont really have border disputes with them.
Its only 'the level of warmth' in the relations that is concerned.

The real issue is.. The BD land being used by foreign elements for Terrorist activities, though BD Gov. Has been quite cooperative recently.

So its this trust and CBM thats prine objective here.

 

[CONNAN]

A good move by India. Hopefully, India can finally resolve border dispute with at least one of its neighbors. Joint military exercise would be a good start.

Indo-Bangladesh relations: View of a new horizon

India, being the biggest country in South Asia, has a great responsibility towards its small neighbours like Bangladesh or Nepal, and should be reasonably considerate in dealing with them. If there is a sense of purpose, issues like border disputes, migration, trade imbalances, and so on, could easily be solved through normal dialogues. In short, India has to take the small neighbours into confidence and ensure their security and territorial integrity without interfering in their internal affairs. The smaller countries of the region like Bangladesh have, of course, to take on reciprocal responsibilities and must not allow any subversive activities against India.

Inter-religious and inter-cultural cooperation is another important aspect of Indo-Bangla relations. Senseless hatred has to be rooted out once for all and both India and Bangladesh have to play a positive and decisive role in this respect. The Hindus and the Muslims lived peacefully in this subcontinent for over a thousand years and they will have to live in harmony for thousands of years more.

Politicising of religion has vitiated the communal concord of the subcontinent. Therefore, no peace is possible unless religious hatred and discriminations are totally stopped. The state mechanisms must be secular in outlook, and ensure peaceful co-existence of all faiths in all aspects of the lives of their respective peoples.

It is widely believed that Prime Minister Hasina's visit to India has been upbeat and useful. The problems between the two countries cannot be solved overnight, or through a visit by Sheikh Hasina. However, things have started to change in favour of Bangladesh. We would like India to be our friend as it was during our liberation war. On the question of national interest, we should settle our minor internal political differences and display united and enlightened disposition, internally as well as externally.

Obviously, a $1 billion dollar credit from India for our infrastructure development, 250 megawatts of electricity, removal of 47 items from the negative list of imports from Bangladesh, combating international terrorism, organised crime and illicit drug trafficking, inter alia, are but good gestures on the part of India and could serve as a stepping stone for a lasting, meaningful and mutually beneficial relationship with India, the largest democracy in the world. May we not forget that positive attitude is said to be the sine qua non of a successful relationship and unfounded suspicion and hatred are thousands of miles away from it.