Dhaka, Delhi FM-level talks on Sept 29

Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen.

Bangladesh and India would hold a meeting of the joint consultative commission at the level of foreign ministers on September 29.

Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar spoke over phone on Monday and set the date for the sixth meeting of the JCC, diplomatic sources in Dhaka and New Delhi confirmed.

Jaishankar described, in a tweet, his conversation with Momen as ‘warm’ and said they agreed to hold JCC very soon to reach the ‘ambitious goals’ set by the leaders of the two countries.

The two ministers agreed to hold the meeting on a virtual platform, Bangladesh foreign ministry said in a press release.

The JCC, co-chaired by the foreign ministers of the two countries, is a platform where the countries discuss all aspects of bilateral relations in addition to the stocktaking of previously settled issues. New Age