India is keen to reach out to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the face of recent setbacks in the bilateral relations between the two countries, Kolkata-based the Telegraph has said in a report.
Published : 20 Sep 2013, 04:08 PM
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has confirmed Hasina will meet her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on Sept 28 in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Unresolved issues would top the agenda during the talks, officials in the ministry say.
Apart from that meeting, according to the Telegraph report, India in its efforts to sustain the benefits achieved in its relationship to Hasina's government are lining up a series of visits by ministers and high-ranking officials to Bangladesh.
K Rahman Khan, Minister for India's Minority Affairs, just left Dhaka on Sept 18 after a four-day visit and at the same time BSF Director General Subhash Joshi leading his delegation finished a cooperation conference with BGB chief Major General Aziz Ahmed in Dhaka.
Senior officials from the India's finance ministry are also scheduled to soon arrive in Dhaka to resolve some issues over customs duties India levies on a few Bangladeshi imports.
India currently enjoys transit facilities in Bangladesh, meaning it can cheaply transport goods and materials to its northeastern state over Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has even agreed to provide it with transhipment facilities over its sea.
The Hasina government has not let Bangladesh's land be used for unleashing terrorism in India especially by rooting out bases for Indian separatist movements and eradicating logistical supply lines.
Bangladesh has handed over India's extremist leaders outside any extradition agreement.
The government has also been persistent in the prosecution of its operatives accused in the high-profile 10-truck arms haul case of 2004, which includes the then NSI chief and heads of other agencies.
There is also no policy in place to control the monopolisation of Indian goods and entertainment services which have overwhelmed the markets in Bangladesh.