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Calling ratification of the historic Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh as "meeting of hearts", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said if such a pact was inked some other parts of the globe, then it would have been worthy of a Nobel prize.

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Talking about ratification of the pact signed 41 Photogallery - Times of India

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Talking about ratification of the pact signed 41 years ago to settle the vexed boundary issue, Modi cited a media report that compared it to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Had such a thing been done elsewhere Photogallery - Times of India

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"Had such a thing been done elsewhere, there would have been lot of discussion on. It would have open road for Nobel Prize. Nobody will ask us as we are from poor countries," he said.

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Earlier, a joint statement issued by both the Photogallery - Times of India

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Earlier, a joint statement issued by both the countries said Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina have given directives to the concerned officials on both sides for "expeditious implementation of the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement on the ground".

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India and Bangladesh yesterday had Photogallery - Times of India

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India and Bangladesh yesterday had ratified the agreement to resolve the 41-year-old vexed border issue.

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