Rising Bengal Dhaka Bureau: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said in Dhaka on Thursday that India attaches the highest priority to Bangladesh's connectivity for the next twenty years, after an hour and a half long meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen.

The Bangladesh Foreign Minister said, "During the meeting, we pledged to take our bilateral relations to a new height under the leadership of our two Hon'ble Prime Ministers, Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi " Dr. Momen said that the two sides discussed in detail various ongoing bilateral issues, including COVID-19 cooperation, connectivity, trade, water, security, borders and lines of credit. ".

We emphasized on finding possible ways to implement our commitments and preserve mutual welfare," he said.

Jaishankar is on a one-day visit to Bangladesh to set the agenda for the upcoming visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Bangladesh scheduled for March Momen said, "The main topic of our discussion was the preparation of the visit of the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India to Bangladesh later this month.

" He added that Dhaka is very pleased with Modi's decision to participate in the celebrations of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The festival also coincides with the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence and the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations. ".

The Indian foreign minister said New Delhi considers connectivity, education, health and cultural issues very important ".

Jaishankar said there is no area where Bangladesh and India are not working together today, but there is still a lot of potential to work Jaishankar said that Bangladesh is the only country where India has given nine million doses of vaccines produced by its Serum Institute No other country has been given this large number of vaccines.

Momen acknowledged India's cooperation Responding to a question about border killings, the Indian foreign minister said, "Every death is tragic But the problem is crime So our common goal should be'no crime, no death'on the border ".

Asked about the long-pending Teesta water sharing issue, the Indian foreign minister said India has already taken a decision in principle to sign the treaty, but New Delhi is yet to sign the agreement due to internal problems.