Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has raised some concerns in the bilateral meeting with his counterpart Md Jashim Uddin and said that they look forward to moving the relationship forward in a "positive, forward-looking and constructive direction".
He also highlighted people-centric relationship between the countries and said: "There is no reason why this mutually beneficial cooperation should not continue to deliver."
He made the statement after his call on with foreign advisor Md Touhid Hossain at the Foreign Ministry, following the foreign office consultation (FoC) at the state guesthouse Padma.
The Indian foreign secretary said at the FoC, they had the opportunity to discuss certain recent developments and issues, and "I conveyed our concerns, including those related to the safety and welfare of minorities."
"We also discussed some regrettable incidents of attacks on cultural, religious and diplomatic properties. We expect overall a constructive approach on all these issues by the Bangladesh authorities and we look forward to moving the relationship forward in a positive, forward-looking and constructive direction," he said.
During the FoC, they had discussions and consultations on the entire gamut of issues in the "extremely important" bilateral relationship between India and Bangladesh.
"Since the political changes in Bangladesh in August this year, there has, of course been contact between our leaderships. The Prime Minister was the first world leader to greet the Chief Advisor on his assumption of office," he said.
"The two of them had a very cordial telephone conversation thereafter and the chief adviser also accepted the Prime Minister's invitation to speak at the third voice of the Global South Summit that was held in August this year. Since then, the External Affairs Minister and the Foreign Affairs Advisor have also been in touch," the visiting foreign secretary said.
"They met each other on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in September this year, and my visit follows those interactions and is the first Foreign Secretary level structured engagement between the two sides.
"Following those developments, today's discussions have given both of us the opportunity to take stock of our relations, and I appreciate the opportunity today to have had a frank, candid and constructive exchange of views with all my interlocutors," he said.
"I emphasized that India desires a positive, constructive and mutually beneficial relationship with Bangladesh.
"We have always seen in the past and we continue to see in the future this relationship as a people centric and people-oriented relationship, one that has the benefit of all the people as its central motivational force.
"This is reflected on a daily basis in the development projects that have been executed on the ground in Bangladesh and that continue to be developed.
"It is also reflected in the mutually beneficial engagement we have on a whole set of issues ranging from trade, commerce, connectivity, power, water and energy and development cooperation, consular cooperation and cultural cooperation," he said.
"There is no reason why this mutually beneficial cooperation should not continue to deliver in the interests of both our peoples and to that, and therefore I have underlined today India's desire to work closely with the interim Government of Bangladesh authorities," he added.