Dr Asif Iqbal, President of the Indian Economic Trade Organization (IETO), extended a warm welcome to Rashid Sesay, High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to India, and his delegation, which included the Information Attache from the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Abu Dhabi.
In a celebration of India's cinematic excellence, the High Commission of India hosted a special screening event at the Mayfair Hotel in London on Friday.
Assam government, in partnership with the High Commission of India, hosted the Assam Investment Roadshow in London to support the upcoming Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit 2025 to be held in Guwahati.
"If we want to maintain cordial relations, then we must talk with each other. We cannot be making policies by crossing each other's signals. We must engage and we must diffuse. Bangladesh and India cannot afford to have hostile relations with each other," he said.
Bangladesh Foreign Secretary He stressed that such activities particularly the "unauthorized attempt" to construct barbed wire fencing and the related operational actions by BSF, "have caused tensions and disturbances along the border."
As a prelude to Aero India 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the Ambassadors' Round Table in New Delhi on Friday. Invitations have been extended to Ambassadors and High Commissioners of over 150 friendly countries for participating in the event, the Ministry of Defence said on
When asked how can closed neighbors like India and Bangladesh resolve current tensions while maintaining strong people-to-people and business ties, Shams said that both sides must remember that "they are dependent on each other' and are in a "symbiotic relationship."
Shams while talking to ANI said that Bangladesh's trade with Pakistan will not overtake that with India, adding that Dhaka also has strong people-to-people ties with New Delhi, which Islamabad can never overtake.
In an interview with ANI, he praised the Indian government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for organising the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. He noted that they cannot talk about India without mentioning the Indian diaspora.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday urged diplomats, including Ambassadors and High Commissioners from ASEAN, BIMSTEC, and European countries, as well as industry leaders and stakeholders, to invest in Assam, according to an official press release.