India And Bangladesh Hold Fourth Round Of Consular Dialogue In New Delhi

The 4th Round of the India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue was held in New Delhi. Joint Secretary, Consular, Passport and Visa Division, Dr. Aman Puri led the Indian delegation, while the delegation from Bangladesh side was led by Director General (South Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rokebul Haque. The two sides held wide-ranging discussions on mechanisms to strengthen coordination and cooperation on consular issues, visa matters, repatriation, MLAT and Extradition cases.  The two sides also agreed to further strengthen the bilateral Revised Travel Arrangement to facilitate the movement of nationals from both sides. Both sides reiterated their commitment to continue promoting people-to-people exchanges and agreed to hold the next Round of the Dialogue in Dhaka on a mutually convenient date. The India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue mechanism was instituted in 2017 with a purpose to strengthen people to people contacts by having a regular channel of communication on consular, visa and mutual legal assistance cooperation matters between India and Bangladesh.