Type: Parliament Questions and Answers

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to satate :-

(a) whether the Ministry’s officials visited Dhaka and Pakistan recently to sign key agreements;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the progress made from such visit to Dhaka?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI E. AHAMED)

(a) to (c) The Ministry’s officials visited Dhaka on January 18-20, 2012 to review the progress in the implementation of the USD 1 billion Line of Credit (LOC) extended to Bangladesh by India. The two sides agreed to expedite the procedures and formalities for ensuring timely implementation of the projects under the LOC. The Ministry’s officials were also part of Inter-Ministerial delegations that visited Dhaka to participate in the Inter-Governmental Railway Meeting and the Standing Committee Meeting under the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade, in January and February 2012, respectively. No key Agreements were signed during these visits.

The Ministry’s officials visited Pakistan to attend the fifth round of Expert Level Talks on Conventional Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) and the sixth round of Expert Level Talks on Nuclear CBMs between India and Pakistan, held on December 26-27, 2011. The two sides had agreed to recommend to their Foreign Secretaries to extend the validity of the “Agreement on Reducing the Risk from Accidents Relating to Nuclear Weapons” for another five years. The Agreement was extended for another 5 years through the exchange of Note Verbale in February 2012.
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