Indo-Bangla secretary level talks from June 25

Dhaka, June 24: After a gap of over two years, Indo-Bangladesh Foreign Secretary level consultations begin here tomorrow to discuss entire range of bilateral issues including trade, transportation, border demarcation and security concerns between the two close neighbours.

A four-member Indian delegation, led by Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon arrives here this afternoon for the talks. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Touhid Hossain will lead the home side.

A Foreign Ministry official release here said the two sides will have ''wide-ranging discussions on all aspects of India-Bangladesh bilateral relations'' during the four-day visit.

Besides, the Indian Foreign Secretary will also call on high dignitaries in Bangladesh as part of the parleys.

''The government is of the view that the visit of the Indian Foreign Secretary will be yet another important opportunity to carry on the process of constructive and forward-looking engagement between the two countries,'' the release said.

The upcoming Foreign Office Consultations, it is hoped, would also help advance the Indo-Bangladesh relations enriching further the cooperation between the two friendly next-door neighbours in areas of common interests.

The release said over the years the two countries have tried to resolve longstanding problems, mostly dating back to the 1947 partition of the subcontinent, through negotiations at different levels of the two governments. But many of those, some considered irritants, remain to be resolved.

UNI

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