Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday greeted his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen and the people of the neighbouring country on their 52nd Independence Day.

In a tweet, Jaishankar said," Warm greetings to FM Dr AK Abdul Momen and the Government and people of Bangladesh on their National Day."

"Look forward to working together to add more pages to the golden chapter of India-Bangladesh Maitri," the Indian Foreign Minister wrote with

On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan after nine months of war that claimed an estimated three million lives.

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