Democracy may have taken a hit in Bangladesh, but India is willing to do business with the neighbouring country, with the Chief of Army of the two countries likely to meet for a crucial deliberation here shortly.
New Delhi has pinned high hopes on the forthcoming visit of Lt. General Moeen U Ahmed to India, and is planning to raise all the issues of concern including presence of militant camps and leaders of outfits like ULFA, NDFB and a few Manipuri outfits.
Although no date has been fixed as yet, Dhaka has confirmed to that the Chief of Bangladesh Army would be travelling to New Delhi shortly for a meeting with General JJ Singh, highly placed sources said.
The meeting, which would be first of its kind in recent times, is significant because of the changed circumstances and willingness of India to do business with the caretaker regime, despite suspension of democratic activities in Bangladesh. The thinking in South Block is that India cannot wait for democracy to be restored to do business with Dhaka, given the high stakes.
As reported earlier, the UPA Government here was sounded out early this year itself by the caretaker government that it was ready to mend fences with India. In exchange of a favourable deal, Bangladesh was willing to address New Delhi