Modi: Delhi-Dhaka trade pact soon
INDIA will start talks on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with Bangladesh, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday (6).
“We also decided to increase cooperation in sectors such as IT, space and nuclear energy,” Modi said after holding talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, who is on a four-day visit to India.
Both countries have been involved in a joint study on the CEPA, which has been in discussions between them for many years.
Bangladesh is India’s largest development partner and the largest regional trade partner, Modi said.
On Thursday (8), Hasina is scheduled to travel to Ajmer in Rajasthan to visit the tomb of the Sufi saint, Moinuddin Chishti.
She will also call on India’s president Droupadi Murmu and vicepresident Jagdeep Dhankhar during her trip. The Bangladesh leader last visited New Delhi in October 2019.
Last month, India and Bangladesh finalised the text of the agreement on interim sharing of the water of the Kushiyara river, which is set to be signed this week.
Her delegation comprises foreign minister AK Abdul Momen; commerce minister Tipu Munshi; railways minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan; liberation war minister AKM Mozammel Haq; and Mashiur AKM Rahman, the economic affairs advisor to the prime minister.