Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said that Bangladesh development was not possible without good relations with India as both countries shared a common border of several thousand kilometers.
鈥楾he country (India) which we (Bangladesh) have several thousand kilometers of border鈥� the country with which we have borders on three sides 鈥� our development is not possible without maintaining good relations with that country,鈥� he told the reporters at the foreign ministry in Dhaka.
The foreign minister said that it was not possible to maintain peace and stability in Bangladesh without good relations with the neighbour.
Hasan who is also Awami League鈥檚 joint general secretary made the remarks while responding a question regarding BNP鈥檚 failed programme on boycott of Indian products.聽
鈥楾heir efforts (call for boycotting Indian products) went unsuccessful. They know it, too. It will be refused by people of the country again if BNP comes up with the agenda afresh,鈥� he said.
He said that BNP would further be isolated from the people, nothing more than that if they again called for a boycott of Indian products.
The AL leader said that there were Indian products in many of their (BNP leaders) houses.
Hasan said that the main aim of BNP鈥檚 boycott Indian products campaign was to create a crisis in the domestic markets to create instability in the country鈥檚 economy.
