Dinesh Trivedi, 75, will take his charge as new High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh today (Friday) after receiving his Letters of Credence from Indian President Droupadi Murmu on June 6 and approval from Bangladesh government as per protocol.
"We wish the people of India and Bangladesh that - together - both of us can emerge to be the strongest democracy and one of the strongest world powers together. And that is what we are going to do. And I have no doubt about it that we'll achieve that," said the veteran politician in Kolkata on Thursday.
He has expressed optimism that both Bangladesh and India can emerge as the strongest democracy and one of the strongest world powers together, stressing that they will achieve the goal. High Commissioner-designate Dinesh Trivedi visited Netaji Bhavan in Kolkata ahead of taking charge in Bangladesh on Thursday.
He said he is set to come to Bangladesh with a lot of energy and a lot of good wishes from not 140 crore, but 160 crore people of both the countries.
"So I'm very, very happy and I'm grateful to the Prime Minister (of India), the people of this country, for giving me such a responsibility and putting faith in me," Dinesh Trivedi said.
Trivedi, a first political appointee in the neighbourhood after a long time, replaced career diplomat Pranay Verma, who moves to Brussels as the Indian ambassador to the EU by this time.
