Hasina ‘accepts Invitation’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accepted the West Bengal state government's invitation for holding a reception in Kolkata in her honour.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali conveyed the PM's decision to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a courtesy call on her yesterday, Zokey Ahad, Bangladesh deputy high commissioner in Kolkata, told The Daily Star.
In the 40-minute meeting, the Bangladesh envoy expressed his government's full confidence in New Delhi over ratification of the Teesta water-sharing agreement.
Various issues including development of ports, hilsa trade and militant threat to Ramkrishna Mission in Dhaka came up for discussion, Ahad said.
The schedule of the PM's trip to Kolkata will be finalised through talks between Bangladesh and West Bengal, he added.
A four-member Bangladesh delegation, led by Muazzem Ali, met Mamata at her officer at 3:00pm. This was the first meeting of the Bangladesh envoy with Mamata after her re-election as the West Bengal CM.
Talking to this newspaper, Mofakkharul Islam, first secretary at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, said the meeting was significant.
On Sunday, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told journalists in New Delhi that her country was taking initiatives to ratify the Teesta water-sharing deal.
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