Key takeaways from Hasina-Modi press briefing
Publish : 08 Apr 2017, 16:25
• India announces new line of credit worth US$4.5 billion for implementation of projects in priority sectors in Bangladesh
• India extends another $500 million for Bangladesh defence procurement as part of an agreement on armed forces cooperation
• The two premieres discuss water resource management, and Modi reasserts that the Teesta water sharing agreement can be reached only between his and Sheikh Hasina's governments
• Bangladesh to import 60MW of power in addition to the existing 600MW from India, with plans to import a further 500MW power under energy partnership
• India will finance the diesel oil pipeline from Numaligarh, Assam to Parbatipur, Bangladesh
• Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi inaugurate a bus route between Khulna and Kolkata and a freight train route between Radhikapur and Biral
• India eager to implement BBIN (Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal) Motor Vehicles Agreement to further regional cooperation and transportation
• India-Bangladesh will jointly produce a biopic on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by 2020
• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterate their commitment to establish peace on the borders and pledge zero tolerance against terrorism and violent extremism
• Anti-dumping duty on jute exports from India under review
• Cross-border electricity involving Nepal and Bhutan in the works