The 7th Round of India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission, held in New Delhi on Sunday, ended without any breakthrough in the pending issues like water sharing.
In the meeting both sides reiterated the importance of safe, speedy and sustainable return of the forcibly displaced Rohingya people from the Rakhine State to Myanmar, currently being sheltered by Bangladesh, said a joint statement issued after the meeting.
The JCC was co-chaired by Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India and Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. The ministers appreciated that the trust and mutual respect shared between the two countries strengthened in the last decade, said a press release.
The two ministers agreed to work closely together to further deepen and strengthen cooperation in the areas of common rivers and water resources management, IT and cybersecurity, renewable energy, agriculture and food security, sustainable trade, climate change and disaster management.
The meeting decided that the 8th round of India-Bangladesh JCC will be held in Bangladesh in 2023.
