FROM NEW DELHI: Foreign ministries of Bangladesh and India have been working to strengthen the relations between the two neighbouring countries.
They are discussing on several bilateral issues including Teesta water sharing and land boundary agreements.
Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladesh high commission minister (press) in New Delhi, told banglanews on Thursday.
He said that the foreign ministries of both countries have been working to strengthening the friendly relations between the two neighboring nations.
The bilateral issues will be discussed in the upcoming Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting in New Delhi, he added.
Different bilateral issues including Teesta water sharing and land border treaty, he added.
A high commission source said that Bangladesh foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali arrived in New Delhi at 12:20pm on Thursday (India local time) to join a JCC meeting to be held on Saturday.
The foreign minister is scheduled to meet India’s water resource minister Uma Bharati at 11:30am on Friday.
He will also pay courtesy call on India president Pranab Mukherjee at 12:30pm, national security advisor Ajit Doval at 2:30pm and prime minister Narendra Modi at 4:00pm on the day.
He is expected to meet India’s finance minister Arun Jaitley during the visit.
Foreign ministers of two countries will attend the JCC meeting at 11:30am on Saturday at Neheru Bhaban in New Delhi.
Mahmood Ali will also meet India’s Rajya Sabha (Upper House) opposition leader Golam Nabi Azad at 4:30pm on the day.
According to the high commission source, after the JCC meeting, Bangladesh foreign minister on Saturday will leave New Delhi to attend UN general assembly in New York.
Foreign secretary Shahidul Haque and PMO principal secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar will accompany the minister.
Bangladesh high commission minister (press) Enamul Haque Chowdhury said they are also working on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Delhi and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dhaka visits.
Bangladesh cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor will attend South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference of cultural ministers to be held in New Delhi on September 23.
** BD to emphasize Teesta deal
BDST: 1452 HRS, SEP 18, 2014
