BSS
The next meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) between Bangladesh and India will be held in Dhaka in July this year.
The decision was taken in a meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at the latter’s office in New Delhi today, a press release said here.
The two ministers are scheduled to chair the meeting, the release said.
The Bangladesh foreign minister and his Indian counterpart discussed various issues of Bangladesh-India bilateral relations including water resources, trade and commerce, security and border management.
Ali is currently in New Delhi to attend the first meeting of the ‘Raisina Dialogue’. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs and a leading think tank Observer Research Foundation are jointly organizing the event.
The three-day dialogue began in New Delhi on March 1 with participation of a large number of countries in the Asia Pacific region to discuss, among others, ways and means to achieve increased connectivity and regional
security.
The foreign minister addressed the opening session of the dialogue yesterday with dignitaries like Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former President of Seychelles Sir James Mancham, the release said.