Bangladesh Is India's South Asian Largest Trade Partner: Foreign Secretary
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Speaking at a special Ministry of External Affairs briefing, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla also said India is the most important economic partner of Bangladesh.
With Bangladesh being the central pillar of India's Neighbourhood First policy, Dhaka is New Delhi's largest trade partner in South Asia and bilateral trade between the two countries grew at an unprecedented rate of 14 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday.
Speaking at a special Ministry of External Affairs briefing, the Foreign Secretary also said India is the most important economic partner of Bangladesh.
"Bangladesh is a central pillar of our Neighbourhood First policy. It is also the relationship where this policy intersects the element of our Act East policy. India today, is Bangladesh's most important economic partner and Bangladesh is India's largest trade partner in South Asia. India is the second-largest trade partner of Bangladesh," he added.
Recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh earlier this year, Foreign Secretary said that "It is the only country that is visited by PM Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar.
