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The virtual Summit between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi began on Thursday morning as the two time-tested friends look for joint celebrations of mega events in 2021 and stronger collaboration in post-Covid era.
During the meeting, the two leaders are comprehensively discussing different bilateral issues, including further strengthening of cooperation in the post-Covid era.
Earlier in the morning, Bangladesh and India signed seven bilateral documents, aiming to further strengthen the relations between the two countries.
The instruments were sighed between the tow neighbouring countries at State Guesthouse Padma in the capital on Thursday.
The two premiers on the virtual platform will witness the reopening of an old railway link, Chilahati-Haldibari rail route, after 55 years since it was snapped during the India-Pakistan war in 1965.
The officials also said the Bangladesh side will raise all major bilateral issues that include water sharing, COVID cooperation, untoward incidents along border, trade imbalance, connectivity, power swap and the Rohingya crisis.
They further said the issue of water sharing in common rivers will figure prominently in the summit when Dhaka will seek to bring the issues of seven major trans-boundary rivers — Monu, Muhuri, Gomti, Dharla, Dudhkumar, Feni and Teesta — under a single framework.
The Bangladesh side is expected to propose holding a ministerial-level Joint River Commission (JRC) meeting soon to finalise the comprehensive framework to resolve the water-sharing issue.
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