Dhaka, June 13 -- Emphasising the importance of constructive engagement with India, the Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Humayun Kabir, on Saturday said that the neighbouring countries should work together to strengthen cooperation based on mutual respect, shared economic benefits and people-to-people ties.

Speaking with ANI about Bangladesh's relations with India, Kabir underscored the realities of geography and the need for regional cooperation.

"It's good to have normal diplomatic relations, a working relationship within your neighbourhood, within the region. So India is our neighbour - they didn't choose us, we didn't choose them, but we are neighbours. We have to live together, we have to work together in t...