Cartons stuffed with 300 kg of Haribhanga mangoes, particularly grown in Rangpur district of Bangladesh, reached Agartala, Tripura, on Monday as a goodwill gesture from Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb.
Bangladesh Assistant Excessive commissioner, Agartala, introduced the present of mangoes to Biplab Deb within the night on behalf of Sheikh Hasina.
“The mangoes are from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a present to Tripura Chief Minister. I hope that the candy mangoes shall sweeten the connection between the 2 international locations. 300 kilograms of the beautiful Haribhanga mangoes grown solely in Rangpur district of Bangladesh have been despatched,” stated Mohammad Jobayed Hosen, Bangladesh Assistant Excessive Fee, Agartala.
Haribhanga mangoes are spherical in form and black in color, and are fleshy and usually weigh 200 to 400 grams.
Whereas thanking Sheikh Hasina for the gesture, Biplab Deb stated he’d be sending Kew number of pineapples to her and “wished that the India-Bangladesh alliance underneath the management of PM Modi stays intact”.
“I thank Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the candy present on behalf of my household and the folks of the state. We’re arranging to ship our world well-known pineapple — the Queen Pineapple and Kew selection — to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. I pray and want that the Prime Minister’s in a position management shall assist folks of the Bangladesh overcome the pandemic and emerge as an much more robust and superior nation,” says Biplab Kumar Deb.
Sheikh Hasina had despatched 2,600 kg mangoes to President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday.
Tripura and Bangladesh have a particular historical past as the 2 share a border, which stretches over 800 km. Bangladesh is reportedly planning to ship truckloads of mangoes to different Northeastern states- Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram.
Mango diplomacy is a side of subcontinental politics, nevertheless, it’s extra widespread between India and Pakistan. Former Pakistani presidents Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez Musharraf have been among the many dignitaries who introduced the Indian authorities with mangoes.
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