Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met Mohammad Mozammel Haque Khan, the senior Secretary of Home Affairs of Bangladesh, ahead of Home Secretary-level talks between the two countries.
Khan was also scheduled to meet Home Secretary L.C. Goyal for talks on cross-border movements of people and goods, border cooperation in counter-terror initiatives.
India's links with Bangladesh are civilisational, cultural, social and economic.
Earlier on February 14, Singh had visited border areas of Tripura to review the progress of fencing work.