The first India-Bangladesh High Commissioners� Summit ended on Saturday in the capital with a nine-point �Dhaka Declaration� that called upon the two governments to intensify their efforts to address all bilateral issues and challenges. The two-day summit, organised by the International Relations Department of Dhaka University, adopted the nine-point Dhaka Declaration for improving the relations
between the two neighbouring countries. In the declaration, the diplomats of the two countries recognised the importance of deeper and effective communications at the popular level through greater and comprehensive flow of information and contacts between students, academicians, print and electronic media, corporate sector, environmentalists and other stakeholders in order to build enhanced level of awareness, mutual trust and confidence. They emphasised the importance of deepening and widening economic engagement between the two countries with particular focus on free and increasing flow of goods and services including investment and financial services The declaration called upon the governments of Bangladesh and India to intensify their cooperation on all security related matters. They also urged the governments to undertake a holistic approach in the exploration and utilisation of shared and other natural recourses for mutual benefit of the people of the two countries. The diplomats emphasised the importance of strengthening cooperation at sub-regional and regional levels with particular focus on SAARC and BIMSTEC. They decided to form an Alumni of High Commissioners of Bangladesh and India who have served in the two countries for regular interaction and sharing of experiences among themselves and with other stakeholders. The diplomats recommended the continuation of their interaction by organising regular biennial summit and propose to hold the next Summit in India in 2016. A total of 17 ambassadors, who serve both the countries since 1980 to date, participated in the summit and highlighted various prospects and possibilities in resolving bilateral issues, including Teesta water-sharing treaty, border killings, land boundary agreement, transit, BCIM economic corridor, Bangladesh TV programme in India, collaboration, climate change issue and security measures in the south Asia. Prof Imtiaz Ahmed of Dhaka University�s International Relations Department announced the �Dhaka Declaration� in the concluding ceremony of the summit at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building of DU. Prof Imtiaz said the declaration would be sent to incumbent high commissions and policymakers of the two neighbouring countries. �We will send the declaration to them so that they can use it in future for policy making,� he said. The high commissioners� from both India and Bangladesh thanked Bangladesh-India Foundation and DU IR department for organising the summit.
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