Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said that India does not want to take any move that may create an issue to crack the ongoing excellent “golden chapter” of Bangladesh-India bilateral relations.
He made the remark emerging from a meeting with visiting Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla at the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
The foreign minister said it was a courtesy meeting as Shringla discussed all bilateral issues with his Bangladesh counterpart Masud Bin Momen in the morning at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital.
Dr Momen said, in brief, they discussed a number of pending issues between Bangladesh and India, including border killing and water sharing.
“They gave us a formula to check unwanted incidents in the frontier,” he added.
The minister said Dhaka also urged India to expedite the process of holding the next Joint River Commission (JRC) meeting to resolve the water sharing issues between the two countries.
Dr Momen said they also discussed on how the ongoing “golden chapter” of the relations between the two nations would be put forward in the days to come.
“We have to solidify this relation… it is needed for welfare of the people of both the countries,” he added.
Terming Bangladesh-India relations sweet, Dr Momen said the two countries would like to elevate it further.
Shringla arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday on a two-day official visit to discuss bilateral issues and also to help preparing the state visit of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind here from December 15 to 17.
Earlier, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined Bangladesh’s 50 years independence celebration in March. “These visits made us honored,” he said.
The Indian foreign secretary is scheduled to call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday before leaving for New Delhi.
