New Delhi, July 25 (UNI) The third India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue was held on Monday in Dhaka in which the two sides held wide-ranging discussions on mechanisms to strengthen coordination and cooperation on Consular issues.
This Consular dialogue mechanism was instituted in 2017 to discuss and improve consular, visa and mutual legal assistance cooperation between India and Bangladesh, thereby contributing to stronger people-to-people ties, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
These included finalization of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for repatriation of each other’s detained nationals and early release of detained fishermen.