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New Delhi hosts 7th round of Bangladesh-India JCC meet today

The 7th round of Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting will be held in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss various bilateral issues, officials said.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will co-chair the meeting, MEA sources said.

Momen arrived in New Delhi on Friday to join the JCC, a first physical meeting convened since the onset of Covid-19 pandemic, with the previous edition held virtually in 2020.

"The JCC will review the entire gamut of bilateral relations, including cooperation in the wake of Covid-19," the officials said.

However, a MEA statement said that the issues including border management, security, trade and investment, connectivity, energy, water resources, development partnership and regional and multilateral issues will also be discussed.

As part of his three-day India visit, Foreign Minister Momen will join a function styled "Interactive Business Meeting" being jointly organised by Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Source: BSS