The government wants to conclude the water-sharing arrangement of all common rivers, including the Teesta and demarcation of land boundary of Bangladesh and India.
Foreign minister Dipu Moni said this when she met visiting Indian vice-president Hamid Ansari at a city hotel on Thursday.
The Indian vice-president arrived in Dhaka on Thursday to attend the Tagore's 150th birth anniversary programme.
"The foreign minister mentioned that the government was keen to see the resolution of all pending issues between the two countries," said a foreign ministry press release after the meeting.
It said both the Indian vice-president and the Bangladesh foreign minister expressed satisfaction as various institutional mechanisms have been put in place to resolve all the issues for mutual benefits.
Dipu Moni also said the pledges made in the joint communiqué declared by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and India in Jan last year will complete with the visit of Dr Manmohan Singh to Bangladesh.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India last year ushered in new a horizon in bilateral cooperation between the two countries and Bangladesh is waiting for the visit of the Indian prime minister, the foreign minister said.
"Many of the pledges made during the visit and declared in the joint communiqué will be completed when Dr Singh visits Bangladesh," she said.
"The Indian vice-president also expressed the same hope at the same meeting," she said.
The foreign minister said Bangladesh and India have many common issues, and Rabindranath is one of them.
"The anniversary programme will strengthen the relationship between the two countries," she said.
Asked about the Teesta River, the foreign minister said the river issue was mentioned in the joint communiqué.
The foreign minister said the anniversary programme would infuse dynamism into the relations between the two countries encouraging people-to-people contact.
Foreign minister Dipu Moni said this when she met visiting Indian vice-president Hamid Ansari at a city hotel on Thursday.
The Indian vice-president arrived in Dhaka on Thursday to attend the Tagore's 150th birth anniversary programme.
"The foreign minister mentioned that the government was keen to see the resolution of all pending issues between the two countries," said a foreign ministry press release after the meeting.
It said both the Indian vice-president and the Bangladesh foreign minister expressed satisfaction as various institutional mechanisms have been put in place to resolve all the issues for mutual benefits.
Dipu Moni also said the pledges made in the joint communiqué declared by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and India in Jan last year will complete with the visit of Dr Manmohan Singh to Bangladesh.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India last year ushered in new a horizon in bilateral cooperation between the two countries and Bangladesh is waiting for the visit of the Indian prime minister, the foreign minister said.
"Many of the pledges made during the visit and declared in the joint communiqué will be completed when Dr Singh visits Bangladesh," she said.
"The Indian vice-president also expressed the same hope at the same meeting," she said.
The foreign minister said Bangladesh and India have many common issues, and Rabindranath is one of them.
"The anniversary programme will strengthen the relationship between the two countries," she said.
Asked about the Teesta River, the foreign minister said the river issue was mentioned in the joint communiqué.
The foreign minister said the anniversary programme would infuse dynamism into the relations between the two countries encouraging people-to-people contact.
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