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3-nation summit to signal climate of change: FM
The forthcoming three-nation Business Summit' of Bangladesh. India and Pakistan is intended to send a signal to the international community that these countries are serious to bring about a climate of change and provide unmatched opportunities for foreign investors in the region.
"It is expected that the three prime ministers would meet in Dhaka on November 23 to give a notional and a symbolic gesture of cooperation shunning conflict. Besides, there would be focus on identification of specific issues for undertaking private sector initiatives for development."
This was stated by Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad while addressing a press conference late yesterday after-
noon at the state guest house Padma.
"A change has come in all parts of the globe-burying the hatchet of past acrimony — and let us hope that South Asia will now not be left behind after the summit." Samad Azad said.
The Foreign Minister said the proposal of the three-nation summit was initiated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the Ninth SAARC Summit at Male. It was then mooted that the three Prime Ministers of Bangladesh. India and Pakistan would meet in Dhaka with leading businessmen including top leaders of chamber bodies.
Samad Azad said that details of the Summit are being continually worked out through diplomatic channels and Dhaka is in constant contact
with Delhi and Islamabad to finalise the substantive issues and protocol arrangements to make the event "one of great significance."
The Foreign Minister said that- the programme, as it stands now. would be 'a one-day affair.'
Detailing the programme, he said Prime Minister IK Gujral and Prime Minister Newaz Sharif will arrive early in the morning on November 23. There will be an inaugural session in the morning which will be chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and addressed by the two other premiers.
The heads of the apex chamber bodies of the three countries will be invited to speak at the summit session.
Indian Prime Minister IK Gujral will leave Dhaka the same evening. However Pakistan Premier Newaz Sharif wil^ stay back for a visit to Bangladesh for three more days, departing Dhaka on November 26.
About the objectives of the Business Summit.' Azad listed five broad aims. These are:
Close interaction between private sectors and government of the three countries for mutual understanding on how to involve the private sector for development.
Identification of specific issues for undertaking private sector initiative and regulatory changes in others to provide tangible inputs for future negotiations at the inter-government level.
Co-ordination among the three countries in liberalising laws relating to foreign investment. import and export.
Identification of regional best practices’ as followed by EU and NAFTA.
Sending a clear signal to the international community on the resolve of the three countries to match investment opportunities and incentives offered to foreign investors by other developing countries.
Responding to questions Samad Azad said that the summit would naturally provide an opportunity to the three leaders to discuss problems both bilateral and common in nature.
Asked if the summit would lead to the formation of a South Asian triangle, he brushed aside the proposition saying, "it is essentially a goodwill get-together."
The Foreign Minister however emphasised that the summit of the three leaders "Is a reflection of the SAARC spirit and will strengthen SAARC further."
Azad said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will write individual leaders of other non-participating SAARC countries in forming them about the summit so that there is "no misunderstanding."
"The summit should be a harbinger of a new spirit of cooperation." he observed.
Asked if Pakistan and India would make progress on the Kashmir problem, Azad replied.
"It is a Business Summit.' It is not a Kashmir Summit."
When asked to explain Bangladesh’s stand on the Kashmir issue. Azad said, "Bangladesh's position is that the Kashmir issue should be resolved between the two countries through negotiations."
The Foreign Minister said that although it would be a Business Summit, the three prime ministers meeting on a common ground would reflect an "attitude for change and a need for change" in the political climate in South Asia.