Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen will pay a state visit to Delhi next week to take part in the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting, Indian media reports.
The JCC is expected to happen on or around 18th June. The meet will be co-chaired by AK Abdul Momen and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and focus on issues like connectivity, post-Covid issues.
Momen was last month in the North-eastern state of Assam's Guwahati for the Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence (NADI) Asian Confluence River Conclave 2022.
During the meeting in Guwahati, Momen had sought suggestions to import crude oil from Russia without the worry over sanctions.
New Delhi has invested a lot in its relationship with Dhaka, which both sides have been eager to point out as the "golden era" or "Sonali Adhyay" in ties.
Jaishankar visited Dhaka in April, as last year both the Indian president and prime ministers were in the country despite the Covid crisis to attend the 50 years of diplomatic relations of Bangladesh, while also commemorating the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
One of the key pillars in the relationship has been connectivity. Both India and Bangladesh aim to revive all pre-1965 rail links.
As of now, five links connecting Bangladesh with West Bengal have been made operational which include Benapole-Petrapole, Darshana-Gede, Rohanpur-Singhabad, Birol-Radhikapur with Haldibari-Chilahati forming the 5th such link.
India is collaborating on a series of road projects, including improving the Ashuganj River Port-Akhaura Land Port Road under an LoC of more than US$ 400 million.
The road project will increase Bangladesh's road connectivity with Tripura. Negotiations are also underway to operationalise the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement to ensure seamless vehicular movement.
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