Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi says that animosity between India and Bangladesh is not in the interest of either country.
"We are neighbours. We have to live together, understand each other, and any kind of animosity is not in each other's interest," he said on Monday at the Annual Media Address ahead of India's Army Day.
"I'll take your mind back to the comment which was made by the Bangladesh [army] chief recently," he said in response to a question. "That 'India is strategically important to us'. And the same is vice versa. Bangladesh is strategically important to us."
He noted that Bangladesh shares most of its border with India, outside of a small portion in the southeast with Myanmar.
"As of today, ...