Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has left Dhaka after a two-day official visit.
She headed back home around 2:00pm on Monday when Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque saw her off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Earlier, the Indian top diplomat during a programme in Dhaka said India prioritises Bangladesh among all its neighbours and the relationship between these two countries is moving ahead in a faster pace.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj made the remarks while addressing inaugural ceremony of India’s new chancery complex in Dhaka’s Baridhara.
She also inaugurated 15 India-funded development projects being implemented in Bangladesh.
The project papers say Tk 720 million projects have been chosen keeping in mind geographical spread, socio-economic benefits, and priorities of this country.
The projects cover sectors such as education, healthcare, IT, water supply, and social welfare.
Eleven water treatment plants are being built in southern Bhandaria Upazila in Pirojpur that will provide desalinated potable drinking water to 150,000 citizens. Some 36 community clinics will also be built.
The projects also include reconstruction of Ramna Kali Temple, which was destroyed by the invading Pakistani forces in 1971. It will include construction of the main temple, a five-storey guesthouse, a deep tube-well in the temple premises and the construction of the main entry gate of the temple.
Sushma came to Dhaka to attend the fourth joint commission meeting with her Bangladeshi counterpart AH Mahmood Ali. The Indian minister left Dhaka around 2:00pm on Monday. She attended the programme before leaving Dhaka.
Sushma, in her farewell speech, said the relationship between Bangladesh and India is moving ahead in a faster pace.
According to local news agencies, she described the relations between the neighbours as outstanding.
"Both countries are working to resolve existing irritants in the spirit of friendly relations and with right intention," Sushma said.
The minister, however, did not specify the nature of the issues. But the water sharing of common rivers, particularly the Teesta, has long been pending between the neighbours.
She also assured to work for solution of all irritants with sincerity.
Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim, Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju, Prime Minister's Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam, Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque and Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla were present on the occasion.