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Hasina, Modi to open cross-border

Sun News Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would open jointly the maiden cross-border oil pipeline for diesel transportation to Bangladesh, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

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He told reporters at a briefing at foreign ministry on Thursday afternoon.

He said “Good news is India will send us diesel . . . the (Oil) pipeline has been completed. The two premiers will inaugurate the pipeline on March 18 (through videoconferencing).”

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Momen’s announcement came a week after he held talks with India’s external affairs minister Dr. S. Jaishankar in New Delhi on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting last week.

According to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) officials India would export diesel through the 130-km India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFPL), built at a cost of around 3.46 billion Indian rupees drawn from the Indian line of credit (LoC).

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The pipeline stretches 125-km inside Bangladesh territory and 5-km inside India while the two premiers joined the ground-breaking ceremony for the IBFPL in September 2018 through video conferencing.

Bangladesh so far used to imports diesel from India through railway carriages.

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