Linkage of 4 countries (BBIN) will be a game changer: Bangladesh minister

BBIN will be a game changer

March 2, 2016

BBIN will be game changer

[dropcap color=”#008040″ boxed=”yes” boxed_radius=”8px” class=”” id=””]T[/dropcap]he newly formed four countries– Bangladesh- Bhutan- India – Nepal (BBIN) linkage will turn out to be game changer for the South Asian Region said the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abdul Hasaan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday.

Ali said that as Bangladesh has an advantage of being a geo-strategic location and becomes crucial when it comes to South Asian Connectivity architecture, while speaking at the inauguration of the three day Raisina Dialogue here, a global conclave on geo-politics and geo-economics.

“In this regard, the BBIN will be a game changer,” Said Ali.

The BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement allowing free movement of traffic between these countries was signed by the four South Asian Countries last year.

Ali said that Bangladesh’s vision was to become a middle income country by 2021.

“Water resources management and blue economy provide tremendous opportunity for the growth of regional economy,” he said, adding that South Asia’s engine of growth cannot be allowed to be stopped by the scourge of terrorism.

“Today’s world is a world of speed, it is a digitised world. New ideas are overwhelming conventional ones,” he said.

“But South Asia is perhaps the least connected region in the world,” he said.

The Bangladeshi foreign minister said that it was connectivity that would help the south Asian nations realise their dreams of prosperity.

[dropcap color=”#008040″ boxed=”yes” boxed_radius=”8px” class=”” id=””]W[/dropcap]ith the theme of “Connecting Asia” this year, the flagship conference called Raisina Dialogue 2016, organised by the external affairs ministry and the Observer Research Foundation, is designed to explore and examine the prospects and opportunities for Asian integration as well as Asia’s integration with the larger world.