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Indian ruling party BJP President JP Nadda yesterday said their party and Awami League will work for the greater interest of regional stability and carry forward the bilateral relations by strengthening party-level contacts in the future.

“BJP has a historic relation with the AL and we want to carry forward our relation in the days to come,” he said after the visiting five member AL delegation held a meeting with the BJP president at his residence in New Delhi.

AL presidium member Abdur Razzak led the Bangladesh delegation consisting of AL joint general secretary Hassan Mahmood, Organising Secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, Aroma Dutta and Prof Marina Jahan.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed a wide range of issues including political stability in the region, Bangladesh’s economic development, curbing militancy and India-Bangladesh relations as well.

Nada said the relations between the two countries reached a new height during the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

He mentioned that the long-standing Bangladesh India Land Boundary and Maritime Disputes and crisis in the Indian North-Eastern

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