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India, Bangladesh sign 22 pacts in various sectors; Teesa issue unresolved
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh, on Saturday, signed 22 agreements in various strategic sectors including defence and civil nuclear cooperation in their productive talks.
In the meeting held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina, strategies to strengthen the partnership between both the countries were discussed.
After signing the agreements, PM Modi announced a new line of concessional credit of $4.5 billion for the implementation of projects in Bangladesh.
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Besides this, Modi dedicated an amount of $500 million to his neighbouring country for military supplies.
Modi said, "We held productive talks on wide-ranging issues including civil nuclear cooperation, border and Teesta water share agreement." He added, "Energy security is an important dimension of India-Bangladesh development partnership and it continues to grow."
What else Prime Minister Narendra Modi said?
- Bangladesh's zero tolerance policy towards terrorism is an inspiration for other countries.
- Despite both the countries could not come to a decision over the Teesta water sharing pact, Modi admitted that the pact was "important" for India-Bangladesh ties.
- Early solution can and will be found to the Teesta water sharing issue.
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It may be mentioned that, this is the first bilateral visit of Sheikh Hasina to India in past seven years.
Sakshi Chaturvedi
A journalist, presently working as a Sub-Editor at newstrack.com.
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