WEB DESK
Bangladesh envisions a free, open, peaceful, secure, and inclusive Indo-Pacific, a key determinant of long-term prosperity of the South Asian Region.
Delivering his address at the ‘Third India-Japan Intellectual Conclave’ in Agartala on Tuesday, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said Bay of Bengal is an important constituent of the Indo-Pacific which can change the fate of the greater Bay of Bengal community, including South Asia.
The Minister elaborated how the connection of North East India with mainland India and access to the Bay of Bengal using Bangladesh territory and her sea ports would bring phenomenal change in the prosperity in this region.
He appreciated the greater involvement of Japan for undertaking the Bay of Bengal Industrial Growth Belt for the infrastructural developments of Bangladesh.
Shahriar Alam stressed upon deepening of relations in the region for shared prosperity through regional connectivity where the Bay of Bengal is the common strategic interlocutor.
Shahrirar Alam said with its advantageous geographic location between South and Southeast Asia, and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh was working to establish itself as the regional hub of connectivity.
He said that the implementation of the BIMSTEC Master Plan for Transport Connectivity would be instrumental for further economic development in the region.