Inter-ministerial group discusses border infra, rail from India to Bangladesh
Date
4/16/2022 1:05:20 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG) for a
comprehensive management of India's relations with neighbouring
countries on Tuesday deliberated on a host of issues, including the
construction of border infrastructure that would facilitate trade
with neighbours like Nepal, opening rail connectivity with
Bangladesh and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and Myanmar,
Trend reports
citing The Indian EXPRESS.
The first meeting at the secretary level of the IMCG, set up as
a high-level mechanism towards mainstreaming India's 'Neighbourhood
First' policy, was convened by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan
Shringla.
“The meeting deliberated upon and took important decisions on
various aspects of India's bilateral relationship with Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka in the areas of trade and investment, connectivity, border
infrastructure, immigration, development cooperation and border
security,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
Sources said issues considered at the IMCG meeting included
special needs of countries such as Bhutan and Maldives in terms of
supply of essential commodities and the fisheries issue with Sri
Lanka.
Secretaries of ministries/Departments of Home, Commerce,
Finance, Fisheries, representatives from Ministries/ Departments of
Defence, Railways, Economic Affairs, Consumer Affairs, Agriculture
& Farmer' Welfare, Information & Broadcasting and from Cabinet
Secretariat, National Security Council Secretariat as well as other
relevant agencies along with heads of Border Guarding Forces
participated in the meeting.
The IMCG is supported by Inter-Ministerial Joint Task Forces
(JTF) convened by the joint secretaries concerned in the MEA.
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