Online Desk: Bangladesh and India have held “comprehensive discussions” on a wide range of issues covering border and security, trade, commerce and connectivity, cooperation in water, power and energy sectors, people to people ties and development cooperation.

Both sides also exchanged views on sub regional, regional and multilateral issues at the Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) held in New Delhi on Friday.

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen led the Bangladesh delegation while the Indian delegation was led by its Foreign Secretary inay Mohan Kwatra at historic Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

FOC is an institutional dialogue mechanism between the two foreign secretaries to review the entire gamut of bilateral relationship.

The Indian side appreciated Bangladesh’s participation in the recently held Virtual G20 summit and the Voice of Global South Summit 2.0, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, India.

It was agreed that the next FOC will be hosted in Bangladesh on a mutually convenient date.

This was the second FOC this year while the first one was held in February in Dhaka.

At the Foreign Office Consultations, the two countries usually discuss all the major issues of mutual interests to promote cooperation encompassing all sectors.