PM congratulates Khaleda

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, OCT. 11. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, today congratulated Begum Khaleda Zia on assumption of office as Prime Minister of Bangladesh and extended an invitation to her to visit India in the near future.

Mr. Vajpayee, in a letter to the Bangladesh Prime Minister, noted the enduring friendship between the two countries which draws on shared history and heritage, complementarities in the economies and a commonality of problems facing the region. ``We look forward to building on this friendship and to give further momentum and content to our multi-faceted bilateral cooperation for the benefit our peoples,'' said Mr. Vajpayee.

He recalled his interaction as External Affairs Minister with the late President, Ziaur Rahman, and pointed out that India recognised that it was his vision of regional cooperation that crystallised into the SAARC. ``We have to work together to fulfil this vision more fully.''

He also extended New Delhi's best wishes for her term as Prime Minister.

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