Bangladesh-India JCC meeting on 19 June: Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said the seventh meeting of the Bangladesh-India Foreign Ministerial Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) would be held in New Delhi on June 19 instead of May 30.

The foreign minister, who is attending the third meeting of the Asian Confluence River Conclave-2022 (NADI) in Guwahati, Assam, told the media in a briefing that, 'We have rescheduled it (the JCC meeting). We thought it was okay, it would be good.'

Momen said the date has been rescheduled after talks with Indian Foreign Minister S Jayashankar, who is in Guwahati to attend the conclave meeting.

Without elaborating on the reasons for rescheduling the meeting, the Bangladeshi foreign minister said there were some issues between the two countries which had not been resolved yet.

Indicating that the two sides will meet on June 18 for preparatory talks, Momen said the JCC meeting would be held on June 19.

Earlier in the evening, Momen said he had discussed some "complex" bilateral issues with his Indian counterpart.