The Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG) for a comprehensive management of India’s relations with neighbouring countries on Tuesday deliberated on a host of issues, including the construction of border infrastructure that will facilitate greater trade with neighbours like Nepal, opening rail connectivity with Bangladesh, and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and Myanmar.
The first meeting at the secretary level of the IMCG, set up as a high-level mechanism towards mainstreaming of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, was convened by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
The meeting took important decisions on various aspects of India’s bilateral relationship with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the areas of trade and investment,
