Delhi okays Bangladesh mission in Guwahati

India has accepted Bangladeshi government's proposal to open a new deputy high commission in Guwahati in Assam.

The new commission in Guwahati will have consular jurisdiction over the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

Bangladesh already has diplomatic representation in India's New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Agartala.

Foreign ministry officials said Dhaka has also proposed that Bangladesh visa office in Agartala should be upgraded to an assistant high commission. 

Bangladesh's government has given concurrence for the opening of Indian assistant high commissions in Khulna and Sylhet.