Several steps forward were made in Indian-Bangladeshi cooperation yesterday during the virtual summit between Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi. “We have offered the use of our seaports to Bangladesh for export to third countries by bringing in goods using railway containers,” Smita Pant, Joint Secretary (Bangladesh and Myanmar) in the External Affairs Ministry, told an online media briefing on the Hasina-Modi summit.
She said India impressed on Bangladesh the need for expeditious implementation of projects in that country under the Line of Credit extended by India from time to time. Responding to another question about India-Bangladesh joint ship-building project, Pant said “the talks on this are on and we will take it forward as there is interest in this area.”
