Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that her country’s first cross-border oil pipeline with India will play a vital role in ensuring fuel security in Bangladesh at a time when the world was facing a serious energy crisis due to the Ukraine war.
Hasina said this while virtually inaugurating with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi the 131.5-km Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline’ on Saturday.
Terming India a “true friend” of Bangladesh, Hasina said she wanted this friendship to remain intact.