India, B`desh to sign 3 pacts on terrorism, organised crime

New Delhi, Jan 9 (PTI) India and Bangladesh will sign
three pacts related to counter-terrorism and organised crime
during the visit of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
to India from Monday, a step that could help address India's
concerns about Northeast insurgents taking shelter in that
country.
The two countries will also sign a MoU on cooperation in
the power sector during the three-day visit that is expected
to give a push to the bilateral relations in the backdrop of
recent positive atmospherics.
Clearing the way for their signing, the Union Cabinet
on Saturday approved an agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance
in Criminal Matters and a pact on Combating International
Terrorism, Organised Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking.
The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister of India Manmohan
Singh, also gave a nod to the MoU on sharing of power between
the two countries, official sources said.
The Cabinet had earlier approved an agreement on Transfer
of Sentenced Persons, which also will be signed on Monday
after the talks between Singh and Hasina, who is making her
maiden trip to India after taking over last January.
The agreements are aimed at addressing India's concerns
with regard to north-east insurgents taking shelter in
Bangladesh as a legal framework would be put in place to
transfer them, including those having undergone sentences in
that country. (MORE) PTI