If Bangladesh understands significance of neighbouring ties, relationship will reach another height: Jaishankar

If Bangladesh understands the significance of neighbouring ties, its relationship with India will reach another height, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told NDTV this (17 September) afternoon.

Saying that neighbouring nations are "dependent on each other," he expressed belief that once Bangladesh understood its current position and the significance of neighbouring relations, which had a different quality and level, matters would stabilise further.

The current political situation in Bangladesh is the country's internal matter with India keen on maintaining the stable relationship, he said.

"We have seen in different neighbouring countries that certain political situations unfolded, but the matter was settled."

For Bangladesh, what is happening is their internal matter. "From our end, we want to keep relations with Bangladesh stable and take it forward. We have good cooperation, good attitude towards each other and we also have great people to people cooperation. So, this is the road we want to be on," he said.

"They have their own politics. What happened there is their internal affair. For us, we want to move our relations forward with the government of the day," he said.

Last week, Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus also said Bangladesh needed good relations with India, but it should be on the basis of equality and fairness.