Editorial
After the PM's visit to Beijing . . .
Healthy new dimension comes into bilateral ties
THE move by Bangladesh and China, in light of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to Beijing, to forge a closer partnership of cooperation between the two countries adds a new dimension to their bilateral relations. In the past many decades since the two nations established diplomatic ties, the degree of cooperation between them in various fields, especially economic relations and in the realm of infrastructure building has been on a rising curve. With the latest prime ministerial visit, there is little question that there has been a deepening of existing bilateral links and all for reasons spelt out in no small detail in the joint statement issued on the visit in Beijing.
An important aspect of the visit is the agreement on an exchange of high-level visits, beginning at the heads of government level and going all the way down to trips by lawmakers, politicians, civil and military officials as a way of maintaining the tempo of cooperation in some key areas. Obviously, these areas include diplomacy (insofar as regular consultation is concerned) as well as the economy and agriculture. Such a development now binds the two nations in a situation where they can keep each other abreast of the various streams flowing through their relations as well as their responses to regional and global situations as and when they develop. The deal, as we note, has been buttressed by another, this one on a regular exchange of information and consultation on the use of water resources such as in the case of the Yarluzangbu/Brahmaputra. Add to that the paramount need for cooperation among all co-riparian nations in the utilization of water resources, a point that has been taken note of by Dhaka and Beijing. Indeed, the joint statement is a clear pointer to an acknowledgement of the regional realities confronting such states as Bangladesh, India and China, particularly in the matter of cooperation in common river water-sharing.
Which brings one to the support the Chinese authorities have extended toward a development of the SAARC endeavour in South Asia as also in the matter of China's cooperation with the organisation. One good gesture spawns another. The truth of it is to be spotted in the efforts toward setting in motion a Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM) cooperative process. That Dhaka and Beijing have agreed to carry the process forward only adds another dimension to bilateral relations as well as reshaping perspectives in the region.
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