India will soon send a team of technical experts to Bangladesh to study conservation and management water of Teesta river, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
He further said India will start e-medical visa for Bangladeshis and set up an Assistant High Commission in Rangpur for making visa process easier for the people of north western region of Bangladesh.
Modi was addressing the media after talks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
Modi also announced a joint India-Bangladesh satellite to provide boost to the bilateral cooperation in space sector.
He said an internal container depot will be set up in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district to help promote greater trade between the two countries. India-Bangladesh Maitri satellite will give a new dimension to the bilateral cooperation.
Modi further said Bangladesh is India’s biggest development partner.
Hasina and Modi held extensive talks at Hyderabad House.
The talks, first in restricted format between the two PMs and then at delegation-level, was the most substantive part of Hasina’s two-day state visit to India that began yesterday.
