May 7, 2012 1:12 PM

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India, Bangladesh to hold first Joint Consultative Commission

The first Indo-Bangla Joint Consultative Commission meeting will be held in New Delhi today.

Bilateral issues like extradition treaty, Teesta water treaty and boundary implementation agreement are likely to dominate the agenda at the meeting.

An official statement said, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni will co-chair the JCC meeting.

The JCC was formed under the framework agreement on development and cooperation signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka in September last year.

The Commission will also review the progress made in the implementation of the accords signed during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to New Delhi in 2010 and Dr Manmohan Singh's reciprocal visit to Bangladesh last September.

The JCC, which was envisaged as an annual event at the level of foreign ministers, will also explore newer avenues for cooperation including progress of activities under the Framework Agreement.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister will be the Guest of Honour and participate on behalf of her government at the closing ceremony of the year-long joint celebrations of the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.

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