New Delhi, June20: The seventh round of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr. A K Abdul Momen concluded in Delhi on Sunday.
In a joint press release issued after the meeting, the two ministers agreed to work closely together to further deepen and strengthen cooperation in the areas of common rivers and water resources management, IT and cybersecurity, renewable energy, agriculture and food security, sustainable trade, climate change, and disaster management.
The Ministers reviewed all areas of ongoing cooperation, including the implementation of decisions taken during the visits of President Ram Nath Kovind in December 2021 and of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2021, the Virtual Summit between the Prime Ministers of the two countries in December 2020, as well as the last virtual meeting of JCC in September 2020.
The two sides expressed satisfaction that despite challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, both countries have worked closer than ever before in every sector, from security and border management to mutually beneficial trade and investment flows. The Ministers also expressed happiness over enhanced bilateral and sub-regional multimodal connectivity, greater power and energy cooperation, developmental assistance and capacity-building exchanges, and cultural and closer people-to-people ties.
Noting the intensive engagement between the two countries through various bilateral mechanisms, the Ministers tasked their officials to accelerate cooperation, with further attention paid to addressing issues and finding durable solutions for the mutual benefit of both the peoples.
It was agreed that the 8th round of India-Bangladesh JCC will be held in Bangladesh in 2023.
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