India today assured Bangladesh that it will move a constitution amendment bill in Parliament for implementing the land boundary agreement with the neighbouring country.
This was conveyed by the Indian delegation to a visiting team of Bangladeshi officials during the meeting of the Joint Working Group of the two countries.
The findings of the JWG meeting will be placed before the India-Bangladesh Home Secretary level meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow.
Official sources said through the Constitutional amendment bill, India wants ratify the 1974 Indira-Mujib pact for demarcation of boundaries and for exchange of 161 adversely-held enclaves with a population of about 50,000 people.
While Bangladesh Parliament has already approved the land boundary deal, India needs to introduce a constitute amendment bill because its implementation involves territory swap.
The issues of coordinated border management, trafficking of drugs and women and children and illegal movement also came up for discussion at Joint Working Group meeting.
Additional Secretary (Political) in Bangladesh Home Ministry Kamal Uddin said Bangladesh side was satisfied about the cooperative attitude shown by India.
A 12-member Bangladesh delegation led by home secretary C Q K Mustaq Ahmed is scheduled to hold talks with the Indian side led by Home Secretary Anil Goswami at the talks to be held tomorrow at Taj Mansingh Hotel.
The Home Secretary-level meeting is expected to focus on the implementation of the treaties, including extradition treaty, already signed between the two neighbouring nations on border management and security.
Implementation of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, Transfer of Sentenced Persons, Agreement on Combating Organised Crime and Illegal Drug Trafficking and handing over of United Liberation Front of Assam leader Anup Chetia, who has been in Bangladesh jail for over a decade and a half, are also expected to be discussed in tomorrow's meeting.
