Thimphu: India is speeding up the
implementation process of various agreements, including a one
billion dollar credit line and export of electricity, for the
development of Bangladesh.
This was conveyed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to
his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina when she called on
him at the India House on the margin of the SAARC Summit here
today.
The two leaders spoke about the implementation of the
agreements reached between the two countries during the visit
of Hasina to New Delhi in January this year, Foreign Secretary
Nirupama Rao told reporters.
She said a high-level delegation from Bangladesh led by
two advisors to Hasina would visit Delhi next week to continue
discussions on implementing the agreements.
"The two leaders were happy at the fact that much
progress has been recorded" with regard to implementation of
the agreements, Rao said.
The agreement on one billion dollar credit line by India
"is moving forward and implementation of other projects is
being expedited," she added.
Rao said the ministerial-level Indo-Bangladesh Joint
Commission had met in Delhi in March and "the two sides are
building closer understanding on the issue of water
resources".
During Hasina`s visit, India and Bangladesh had agreed
on a slew of agreements, including export of 200MW of power
through a trans-border grid to Bangladesh and an accord on
sharing of the water of Teesta river.
The Foreign Secretary said Hasina`s visit to Delhi in
January "had caught the imagination not only of the two
countries or the region but the entire world".
PTI
