Land Boundary Agreement: The two leaders watched as officials of the two nations signed a raft of agreements and India announced a $2 billion line of credit to Bangladesh in an effort to deepen bilateral ties, according to The Japan Times. Modi first trip to Dhaka since his election win last May has been dominated by the deal to fix permanently the contours of the border, which stretches 4,000 kilometers along India eastern flank. Foreign secretaries of the two nations in Dhaka signed a protocol and exchanged instruments of ratification for the Land Boundary Agreement in the presence of visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. While New Delhi relations with China and Pakistan continue to be dogged by border disputes, the LBA ratification removes a thorn that has troubled relations between the two countries since Bangladesh 1971 war of secession from Pakistan. But an agreement on the ownership of 162 enclaves — essentially islands of land resulting from ownership arrangements made centuries ago by local princes — had proved elusive in the decades since. India intervention on behalf of the independence fighters proved decisive in that conflict, and successive Bangladeshi governments have enjoyed close ties with their giant neighbor.
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