Foreign Secretary Shringla meets Prime Minister Hasina in Dhaka

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Foreign Secretary Shringla meets Prime Minister Hasina in Dhaka

• 19-08-2020 | 3:08 pm
  
  
  
  Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gonobhaban on Tuesday night.
  
  Confirming this High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das said that Foreign Secretary Shringla conveyed the message to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that Bangladesh and India have deep relations and India will continue to be a committed development partner of Bangladesh.
  
  Talking to a small group of media persons in Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das said that India has a special and close relationship with Bangladesh which is reflected in the fact that Foreign Secretary has come to meet the Prime Minister with this message despite the ongoing pandemic.
  
  During the meeting of Foreign Secretary with Prime Minister Hasina various aspects of bilateral relationship including development partnership, enhancing connectivity, assistance on COVID-19, and post COVID-19 cooperation to revive economy were discussed. Satisfaction was expressed that despite the covid pandemic, both sides could sustain momentum in bilateral ties particularly in the areas of connectivity and trade.
  
  This is the second visit of Harsh Vardhan Shringla to Bangladesh this year after taking over as the Foreign Secretary of India. He had earlier paid a visit to Bangladesh in March in connection with the planned visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib centenary celebration which could not take place due to the outbreak of Corona pandemic.
  
  Rajesh Jha/Dhaka
  

 

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Indian Foreign Secretary meets Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka
Date:
8/18/2020 11:28:24 PM
(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia) Dhaka, August 18 (The Daily Star): Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today and discussed the post Covid-19 economic recovery and assistance, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das said.

Speaking at a media briefing at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital, Riva said Shringla came to Dhaka to convey the message that India and Bangladesh have deep relations and that Delhi will continue to be a development partner of Dhaka.

"India has special and close relations with Bangladesh. Therefore, the foreign secretary has come to meet the prime minister with this message in an unofficial type of visit even during this pandemic," she said, adding that PM Hasina appreciated the visit.

Shringla met Hasina at the Gono Bhaban around 7:30pm. The meeting, which was scheduled to begin at 3:30pm, lasted for an hour. The briefing was also delayed by two hours and started around 9:30pm.

 

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"India has special and close relations with Bangladesh. Therefore, the foreign secretary has come to meet the prime minister with this message in an unofficial type of visit even during this pandemic," she said, adding that PM Hasina appreciated the visit.

Shringla met Hasina at the Gono Bhaban around 7:30pm. The meeting, which was scheduled to begin at 3:30pm, lasted for an hour. The briefing was also delayed by two hours and started around 9:30pm.

Instead of delaying, the GoB should have cancelled the meeting altogether. Meeting or no meeting BD-India relationship will not be restored anytime soon. India has been disturbing Bd since 1971. Things may not change the way India is asking superficially, especially when that Indian Home Minister is sitting in Delhi.

 

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Relations will never go back to pre NRC-CAA levels.

 

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Indian Foreign Secy travels to Dhaka, meets B'desh PM

August 19, 2020 August 19, 2020 By Sumi Khan (ians)
DHAKA:


Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka. He conveyed Delhi's message that the Government of India has special relations with Dhaka, and will continue to be its development partner.

Shringla called on Hasina at her official residence Gono Bhaban on Tuesday evening and discussed post-Covid-19 economic recovery and assistance.

Hasina appreciated the visit, adding she was happy that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a top official to convey the message.

Besides, the Bangladesh Premier also appreciated the introduction of 10 Indian locomotives for transport of goods during the pandemic, an official told IANS.

On the Hasina-Shringla meeting, officials said India proposed an air travel bubble, meaning that flights will operate only between India and Bangladesh during the pandemic for medical patients and businesses.

They also discussed a possible virtual meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission, a Foreign Ministerial level meeting of the two countries.

The meeting also touched upon the connectivity and cooperation in post-Covid-19 economic recovery, assistance, including therapeutic and in vaccine, celebration of Mujib Borsho and the 50th year anniversary of Bangladesh's independence and Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations next year, said officials

"India has special and close relations with Bangladesh. Therefore, the foreign secretary has come to meet the prime minister with this message in an unofficial visit even during this pandemic," Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das told the media.

An Indian diplomat said it was an "unofficial" visit by Foreign Secretary Shringla, who is a former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh. After joining as the Indian Foreign Secretary in January, he came to Dhaka in early March this year ahead of Modi's scheduled visit to Dhaka to attend the inaugural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary. Modi, however, could not come due to the pandemic.

"Our PM could not come and we cannot stop all our visits due to the pandemic. So, Secretary Shringla came for a visit. This shows the depth of our relations," the diplomat said.

This is the first visit by a high-level Indian official to Dhaka since the Covid-19 pandemic began in mid-March. Shringla is also expected to meet Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Tuesday.

Both the neighbouring countries have been reportedly discussing ways to further strengthen trade ties in the aftermath of the corona vaccine. Dhaka is set to discuss the trial of Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine, millions of doses of which will be produced by India's Serum Institute if successful in tests, in Bangladesh.

The Foreign Secretaries of Bangladesh and India will meet on Wednesday to discuss the overall issues of bilateral co-operation in the fight against the pandemic.

Bangladesh will explore all the avenues to get quick access to Covid-19 vaccine and choose one which will be safer and useful for the country, said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen.

"As part of discussions with others, we'll discuss the issue of the vaccine with India. We should have all options and we'll head for that one which will be safer and useful for us," he added.

Momen said Bangladesh would discuss with India whether there is any scope for trial of the vaccine. Momen said Bangladesh also communicated with Britain's AstraZeneca via the High Commission in London with the offer for the trial to be held in Bangladesh.

Developed in collaboration with British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, Oxford University's vaccine candidate is leading the race for a vaccine seen as the only viable option to get the world out of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh, with 282,344 coronavirus cases and 3,740 deaths, is also trying different ways to secure a vaccine.

The Bangladesh Medical Research Council recently approved late stage trial of a vaccine candidate developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, but the government has delayed a decision on the issue due to its sensitivity.

"Different vaccine producers in India are dealing with the commercial sides of the vaccine. This is the reason driving our efforts. We are in discussion with different countries that have developed vaccines, be it the Americans or Oxford," Momen said.

"The vaccines are under trial in India. We will have the discussion (with India) as part of our efforts to get quick access to all of those. We will discuss how we can cooperate with all," Momen added.

The Bangladesh Foreign Secretary also said that he would have visited India more than once if the Covid-19 epidemic situation was not there and if the situation was normal.

"Relations between Bangladesh and India are multifaceted. There are many things inside a collaborative relationship. There may have been such visits at different times and in the past," said Momen.

Momen added: "The Indian Foreign Secretary was in Dhaka about six months ago also and it was time for his second visit naturally. But the issues are not stopping because of coronavirus. In addition, Covid-19 is a big issue and there is cooperation."



https://www.tripuraindia.in/update/index/indian-foreign-secy-travels-to-dhaka-meets-b-desh-pm



Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla Says Bangladesh Visit "Very Satisfactory"

Bangladesh to get Indian COVID-19 vaccine on priority says Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla

https://zeenews.india.com/india/ban...secretary-harsh-vardhan-shringla-2303928.html

 

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Indian Foreign Secy travels to Dhaka, meets B'desh PM

August 19, 2020 August 19, 2020 By Sumi Khan (ians)
DHAKA:


Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka. He conveyed Delhi's message that the Government of India has special relations with Dhaka, and will continue to be its development partner.

Shringla called on Hasina at her official residence Gono Bhaban on Tuesday evening and discussed post-Covid-19 economic recovery and assistance.

Hasina appreciated the visit, adding she was happy that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a top official to convey the message.

Besides, the Bangladesh Premier also appreciated the introduction of 10 Indian locomotives for transport of goods during the pandemic, an official told IANS.

On the Hasina-Shringla meeting, officials said India proposed an air travel bubble, meaning that flights will operate only between India and Bangladesh during the pandemic for medical patients and businesses.

They also discussed a possible virtual meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission, a Foreign Ministerial level meeting of the two countries.

The meeting also touched upon the connectivity and cooperation in post-Covid-19 economic recovery, assistance, including therapeutic and in vaccine, celebration of Mujib Borsho and the 50th year anniversary of Bangladesh's independence and Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations next year, said officials

"India has special and close relations with Bangladesh. Therefore, the foreign secretary has come to meet the prime minister with this message in an unofficial visit even during this pandemic," Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das told the media.

An Indian diplomat said it was an "unofficial" visit by Foreign Secretary Shringla, who is a former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh. After joining as the Indian Foreign Secretary in January, he came to Dhaka in early March this year ahead of Modi's scheduled visit to Dhaka to attend the inaugural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary. Modi, however, could not come due to the pandemic.

"Our PM could not come and we cannot stop all our visits due to the pandemic. So, Secretary Shringla came for a visit. This shows the depth of our relations," the diplomat said.

This is the first visit by a high-level Indian official to Dhaka since the Covid-19 pandemic began in mid-March. Shringla is also expected to meet Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Tuesday.

Both the neighbouring countries have been reportedly discussing ways to further strengthen trade ties in the aftermath of the corona vaccine. Dhaka is set to discuss the trial of Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine, millions of doses of which will be produced by India's Serum Institute if successful in tests, in Bangladesh.

The Foreign Secretaries of Bangladesh and India will meet on Wednesday to discuss the overall issues of bilateral co-operation in the fight against the pandemic.

Bangladesh will explore all the avenues to get quick access to Covid-19 vaccine and choose one which will be safer and useful for the country, said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen.

"As part of discussions with others, we'll discuss the issue of the vaccine with India. We should have all options and we'll head for that one which will be safer and useful for us," he added.

Momen said Bangladesh would discuss with India whether there is any scope for trial of the vaccine. Momen said Bangladesh also communicated with Britain's AstraZeneca via the High Commission in London with the offer for the trial to be held in Bangladesh.

Developed in collaboration with British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, Oxford University's vaccine candidate is leading the race for a vaccine seen as the only viable option to get the world out of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh, with 282,344 coronavirus cases and 3,740 deaths, is also trying different ways to secure a vaccine.

The Bangladesh Medical Research Council recently approved late stage trial of a vaccine candidate developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, but the government has delayed a decision on the issue due to its sensitivity.

"Different vaccine producers in India are dealing with the commercial sides of the vaccine. This is the reason driving our efforts. We are in discussion with different countries that have developed vaccines, be it the Americans or Oxford," Momen said.

"The vaccines are under trial in India. We will have the discussion (with India) as part of our efforts to get quick access to all of those. We will discuss how we can cooperate with all," Momen added.

The Bangladesh Foreign Secretary also said that he would have visited India more than once if the Covid-19 epidemic situation was not there and if the situation was normal.

"Relations between Bangladesh and India are multifaceted. There are many things inside a collaborative relationship. There may have been such visits at different times and in the past," said Momen.

Momen added: "The Indian Foreign Secretary was in Dhaka about six months ago also and it was time for his second visit naturally. But the issues are not stopping because of coronavirus. In addition, Covid-19 is a big issue and there is cooperation."



https://www.tripuraindia.in/update/index/indian-foreign-secy-travels-to-dhaka-meets-b-desh-pm



Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla Says Bangladesh Visit "Very Satisfactory"

Bangladesh to get Indian COVID-19 vaccine on priority says Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla

https://zeenews.india.com/india/ban...secretary-harsh-vardhan-shringla-2303928.html

This picture is from his previous meeting with Sheikh Hasina. There is noway both of them are seating so close without any mask! Sheikh Hasina is not even meeting with her cabinet since COVID-19 started, and also avoiding foreign ambassadors.

 

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Bangladesh to get Indian COVID-19 vaccine on priority says Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla

What vaccine India has when 50,000 Indians died of coronavirus? Now, it is playing with BD when the latter is contemplating to accept the Chinese request to conduct 3rd level human trial on the Chinese vaccine.

 

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For all the indian stooge awami league cheerleaders who are in mission to clean indian subservient image of Hasina and regime, should be disappointed.

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The difference between this Harshavardhana and that Harshavardhana is only in Sringla!

Aug 20, 2020

Golam Maula Rony

The name Maharaja Harshavardhana is very popular in India. During his 41-year reign from 606 to 756, he built a vast empire in the whole of northern India and parts of southern India. His kingdom had peace, order, and justice. The reign of Maharaja Harshavardhana has become a legendary chapter in the thousands of years of political history of India due to education, initiation, religious activities, the footsteps of local and foreign saints and above all the superiority of military power. But his popularity among Indians is not due to the thousands of good deeds of his reign. There are two main reasons why he has been influencing the minds of the Indian people in such a way that for centuries Indians have been naming their newborns after Harshavardhana.

The ongoing Corona crisis, the strained bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India, and the recent honeymoon of Bangladesh-China strategic friendship suddenly reminded me of Maharaja Harshvardhan, the famous Maharaja of India, mainly because of the present Foreign Secretary of India, Harshvardhan Shringla. Mr. Sringla suddenly went on a two-day whirlwind tour of Bangladesh without giving any advance warning like a hurricane at the speed of a storm. Before discussing in detail why he came to Bangladesh unprecedentedly and the possible signs before and after his visit, I will talk about two notable reasons for the popularity of the historically famous Maharaja Harshavardhana. Then I will tell you why I remembered Maharaja Harshavardhana in the context of Harshavardhana Shringla's recent whirlwind tour.

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Only a student of history knows that Harshavardhana's elder brother Rajyavardhana was killed by the legendary ruler of Bengal Shashanka. Mahamati Shashanka, however, had earlier fought and invaded the kingdom of Harshavardhana and Rajyavardhana's sister Rajyasree's husband and King Grihavarman of Kannaujya. Grihavarman was killed in the battle and was arrested by Rajyasree Shashanka. Shashanka returned to Bengal, handing over Princess Rajyasree to his wartime ally, the King of Malabar. Rajyasree's elder brother defeated the king of Malabar with 10,000 strong cavalry and rescued his beloved sister. When the news reached Shashanka, the emperor of Bengal, he again went to war and invaded the kingdom of Rajyavardhana. Throughout the complex tactics of war and diplomacy, Shashanka killed the powerful Maharaja Rajyavardhana of northern India on the battlefield.

After the above incident, Rajyavardhana's younger brother Harshavardhana came to power and used all his strength to take revenge against Bengal. But he could not take advantage of Shashanka's lifetime. Harshavardhana came to power in 706. On the other hand, Shashanka died in 637. Thus, for a long period of 30 years from 606 to 637, Harshavardhana continued to wage war against Bengal and after repeated defeats, his vengeance became stronger and stronger. As a result, after the death of Shashanka, when his weak heirs were engaged in self-conflict, Harshavardhana invaded Bengal and destroyed everything. The persistence, conviction and vengeance with which Harshavardhana established the central government of Greater Bengal for three long decades was unmatched by any other North Indian emperor. That is why the name Harshavardhana is so popular among Indians.

The second reason for the popularity of King Harshavardhana is that the misery and humiliation that befell India after his death did not happen for the second time in the history of India. The central government of India collapsed due to the accident in question. Numerous small kingdoms were created, which in the ensuing decades of self-strife, wars and battles, made the lives of the common people of India miserable. As a result, the people began to feel the lack of a strong, stubborn, vindictive and just ruler like Maharaja Harshavardhana.

At this stage of the discussion, I will first tell the story of the accident after Harshavardhana and then conclude the article by discussing today's topic. After the death of Harshavardhana, as he had no heirs, a concubine named Yashvardhana ascended the throne of Kanauj in 648. After gaining power, he became extremely arrogant, oppressive and unscrupulous inhuman. India had excellent diplomatic relations with China when Harshavardhana was in power. The famous Chinese tourist Sunjang visited India and wrote a book praising Harshavardhana's reign. He returned to China and told Emperor Taizhong all the good things about Harshavardhana, which made the Chinese emperor interested in befriending Harshavardhana.

Emperor Taizhong was a Tang Dynasty ruler who ruled Greater China for nearly 300 years with great splendor, fame and notoriety. Fascinated by the tourist's words, the Chinese emperor sent his highly trusted general and highly successful diplomat, Wang Suans, as an ambassador to Harshavardhana's royal court. When the Chinese ambassador arrived in Harshavardhana's capital, the emperor of India was no more in the world. Bandiputra Yashvardhan was then on the throne. When the ambassador went to meet Emperor Yashvardhan with 30 companions, the guards jumped on them at the emperor's command. Although all his comrades were killed, Ambassador Wang Suans managed to escape from the royal court with great skill and strategy.

Wang Suans was a top general in the Chinese army. He knew that if he went to the Tang court and told the real story, there would be a commotion. He went to Tibet without embarrassing his emperor and state and did not go to China with the conviction of taking revenge for his efforts. There, in a very short time, he organized 7,000 formidable Nepali warriors in the hills. On 16 June 646, Wang Suans attacked Emperor Yashvardhan with 7,000 Nepalese warriors and 1,200 Tibetan warriors, defeating and capturing him. The defeated India then chained the emperor to China and handed him over to the court of the Tang emperor Taijhung. This incident caused a great stir in the then known world. A horrible atmosphere of wailing shame and humiliation was created all over India. As a result, the people were repeatedly forced to remember the story of Maharaja Harshavardhana.

In the current context of Sino-Indian relations, in the context of Nepal's repeated humiliation of India, those who were skeptical about the extent of India's unlimited power in Bangladesh have sensed a lot through the recent surprise visit of Indian Ambassador Harshvardhan Shringla. On the other hand, the appointment of Shringler as Foreign Secretary - his earlier tenure as Ambassador to Bangladesh and his multifaceted activities centering on Bangladesh at present - may have already made me understand why Maharaja Harshvardhan's name comes to mind again and again.

The Honorable Secretary of India arrived in Bangladesh on a special flight and the manner in which he landed his plane and landed in our capital straight from the plane is unprecedented. Before or after independence, no foreign guest came to our capital setting an example like Harshvardhan Sringlar. Then the way he met the Prime Minister of this country, the government hartakars and sat in a hotel and had one meeting after another with the friends of this Bharatdardi country after hearing a few scenes or news. I am not in a position to pronounce it.

I don't know what kind of protocol our foreign secretary gets when he goes to India or what kind of activities he has the authority to do when he goes to a friendly country. If he can fly to Delhi on a special plane and land at the Air Force Base Station there and go straight to the hotel without bothering the Delhi Customs Immigration and Port Authority, wash his hands and apply a little cream and then meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I am a friend of India as a Bangladeshi. Of course I will be optimistic. If the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh wishes to return to Bangladesh after meeting with any of the Indian ministers at his discretion, secretly and openly among the hartakars of his foreign ministry and among the civil servants, we must be proud of him.

There was no official word from India or Bangladesh on Harshvardhan Shringla's surprise visit. However, from the report published by the influential Indian newspaper The Hindu, we know that the current visit of Schringler is of very important and multifaceted significance. Bangladesh has decided to build a dam on the Bangladesh side of the Teesta after failing to make all possible efforts to reach a Teesta water sharing agreement for a long time. When the construction of the dam starts at the end of this year at a cost of about Rs 10,000 crore with Chinese money and technology, India will have twelve. Every year in the monsoon, India will flood the Teesta and will not be able to flood Bangladesh with flood waters like in the past. On the other hand, the way the winter water demand would be met by conserving the monsoon water was not possible even through the Teesta Treaty. As a result, the news of the construction of the said dam is causing a whirlwind of hot air in Delhi.

If Bangladesh can build the Teesta Dam and later build the Padma Barrage in the same way, then with Farakka, it is possible to repay the damage done to us with the Teesta. On the other hand, India is desperately desperate to capture the corona business that started during the Corona Crisis. The vaccine that China has invented to eradicate corona has already been marketed in Bangladesh. On the other hand,Indian traders have been licensed to sell vaccines invented by Oxford in Pakistan and India. So they are making every effort to introduce that vaccine in Bangladesh. If Harshvardhan Sringla is on a whirlwind tour with the secret military and civilian affairs, the past secret and open diplomatic business affairs and the political turmoil, the halakhata debt-receipt vouchers, the hot air blowing in Delhi will blow the air in Dhaka. That can be said for sure.

Author: Former Member of Parliament
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