Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The two-day trade talks between Dhaka and New Delhi begin on Wednesday at the commerce ministry to strengthen trade relations between the two neighboring countries, commerce ministry officials said.
A high level Indian delegation led by Arvind Mehta, joint secretary, foreign trade (South Asia), Department of Commerce of India, arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to attend the meeting.
The delegation of Bangladesh will be led by Md. Shahabuddin Patwary, joint secretary, Ministry of Commerce.
The talks will be the 9th round of the joint working group (JWG) on trade established under the framework of bilateral trade agreement.
The JWG on trade deals with issues of border infrastructure, trade facilitation and identification and removal of trade barriers, an Indian high commission press statement said in Dhaka.
The 8th meeting of the Joint Working Group on trade was held in New Delhi on 13-14 June, 2013.
The two sides are expected to review the current status of bilateral trade and discuss measures to improve border infrastructure for trade, trade facilitation by information exchange, upgradation of testing facilities and removal of bottlenecks to trade.
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