India to support Bangladesh in fight against terror

NEW DELHI: Praising the role of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in fighting terrorism, India today said it will "whole heartedly" support her government on all fronts and will jointly terrorism and violent extremism.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj conveyed this during her meeting with Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam here who is on a visit to attend a Counter Terrorism Conference in Jaipur.

Swaraj expressed strong resolve to work jointly with Bangladesh in fighting the menace of terrorism and violent extremism.

The two leaders discussed the issues of connectivity, hydro-power projects through sub-regional cooperation mechanism, a statement from the Bangladesh High Commission said.

"In this context, she particularly praised the contribution of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in fighting terrorism. 'On every platform, India will extend support to Sheikh Hasina's government whole-heartedly'," it said quoting Swaraj.

The Ministers expressed satisfaction over the implementation of the various agreements signed during the historic visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh in June last year.

Swaraj also assured Alam that instructions have been issued to authorities concerned to resolve at the earliest the issue of easing of visa processing for Bangladeshi travellers.

She also informed of the initiative taken by the Indian government to translate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rahman's 'Unfinished Memoirs' in Hindi, it said.

The two ministers appreciated the resolution of land and maritime boundaries between India and Bangladesh.

In the joint-statement last year, Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina had expressed satisfaction at the amicable settlement of the maritime boundary between the two countries.