India- Bangladesh Ties : My Visit is aimed at continuing the progress in deepening our engagement- S Jaishankar , External Affairs Minister

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External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar has said despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, both India and Bangladesh have remained regularly in touch with each other in boosting bilateral ties.

Addressing the Joint Press Interaction in Dhaka, Jaishankar said: “My visit today, is aimed at continuing the progress in deepening our engagement. It is in keeping with the strength and spirit of our bilateral ties. As neighbours, the regularity and the informality and the cordiality of our interaction is a very good reflection of trust and confidence.

He also informed that he had the privilege to call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today afternoon and conveyed the greetings and good wishes of PM Modi.

“We discussed a number of issues. We reviewed bilateral ties as well as regional and global issues,” he said. Speaking on the 7th round of the Joint Consultative Commission, Jaishankar said that India is looking forward to welcoming Bangladesh counterpart AK Abdul Momen.

“This meeting will provide a good opportunity to lay the ground for the next level of our relationship which we hope would be underlined when the Prime Minister visits India,” he said.

In view of our strong people-to-people connect, the External Affairs Minister noted that the connectivity between India and Bangladesh is back to pre-Covid levels. “we are looking at resuming cross-border bus and railway services, shortly after Eid.”