Bangladesh on Friday said, it will not tolerate any anti-India activity on its soil and gave an assurance that the much awaited extradition treaty between the two countries would be signed soon. At a joint press conference in New Delhi with her counterpart, P Chidambaram, Bangladesh Home Minister Shahara Khatun said, like India, her country too was a victim of terrorism and would do everything to eradicate the menace from its soil. She said this after the Home Minister-level dialogue between the two sides.

Mr. Chidambaram said, the extradition pact was in the final stages of consideration by the Bangladesh government. The treaty would facilitate handing over of ULFA leader Anup Chetia, currently lodged in a Dhaka jail, to India.

The Indian Home Minister said, the issues discussed at the delegation-level meeting include border management, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, repatriation of prisoners and visa-related issues. Asked about the problem of illegal migration from Bangladesh, the Home Minister said, it was no longer a big issue as in 2011, India has given visas to 50 lakh Bangladeshi nationals to travel to India and therefore there was no reason for any Bangladeshi to cross over illegally. He said, both sides have identified the border out-posts which are vulnerable and both sides will strengthen border management.

Referring to Bangladesh's concern on firing by BSF along international border, Mr. Chidambaram said, there was a dramatic decline in such incidents in last few months and the government has taken steps to ensure that no such

incident take place in future. He said, he had given a dossier to Khatun explaining the circumstances leading to the recent incidents, in which four cattle smugglers who had taken BSF jawans as hostages, were killed by the personnel of the border guarding force to save their colleagues.