Hossain-Jaishankar talks recognise challenges

Highlights importance of working together

Bangladesh and India on Sunday recognised the challenges the two neighbours are facing in terms of bilateral relations and discussed the necessity to work together to address those.
On the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC), Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain met his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar in Muscat, Oman.
Both sides also said that a meeting at the level of Directors General of Border Guarding Forces of the two countries is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on February 18-20.
They hoped that various border-related issues would be discussed and resolved during the meeting, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"Conversations focused on our bilateral relationship, as also on Bimstec," Jaishankar said after the meeting.