Bangladesh needs Indian cooperation: advisor

Bangladesh needs full-fledged mutual cooperation of India in security, connectivity and energy sectors for development of both the countries, advisor to Bangladesh premier said here today.
"We need cooperation in the sectors of security, energy and connectivity for mutual benefit and development of both the countries," said Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, advisor to the Bangladesh Prime Minister.
Chowdhury along with his wife arrived here to attend the inauguration of the second unit of 726 MW gas-based thermal power project at Palatana in Gomati district by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow.
"Our relation with India is very cordial now and we are cooperating each other. We need to do a lot of cooperation in the fields of connectivity like roads, railways and port," he said.

When asked about India's long demand for access to Chittagong port for transshipment of goods in north eastern states, he said, everything is possible on the basis of mutual cooperation.
"I hope it would open for utilization of the Indians," he said.
Chowdhury said, lots of things are happening in the field of cooperation in the security sector and both the countries were taking steps against saboteurs.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed to be present at the inauguration of the second unit of the project at Palatana during their meet in the SAARC conference in Nepal recently and so he was representing his country here.