Agartala (Tripura): In what seems to be a concerted effort to promote Tripura’s pineapple and also to strengthen the trans-border ties between Bangladesh and Tripura, the Tripura government has sent a consignment of Queen variety pineapple for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a goodwill gesture in response to the latter’s gift of sweet mangoes. Bangladesh is a crucial market for Tripura products and due to the long-standing camaraderie between both regions, both countries are keen to promote trans-border trade through the Indo-Bangla borders of Tripura.
The higher officials of Tripura horticulture and industries and commerce department handed over the consignment to Indian High Commission Chittagong represented by second secretary Indian High commission for Bangladesh Chittagong Udit Jha.
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Speaking on the issue, the director of industries and commerce department Tarit Kanti Chakma said, "Recently, Bangladesh PM had sent 300 kgs of mangoes to CM Biplab Kumar Deb. Now as a goodwill gesture, Tripura CM is sending 400 pieces of Queen variety pineapple. There are a hundred boxes; each box carries four pieces of pineapple. Each of the boxes weighs 7 to 8 kgs which means the total weight of the whole consignment will be between 700 to 800 kg".
Jha also thanked Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for his attempts to give the friendly relationship a new height. “The overall relationship between India and Bangladesh is very good since long. The initiative taken by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is really praiseworthy. We hope the relations between both the countries only grow with time”, Jha added.
