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Dhaka, Delhi in intense talks: adviser

Bangladesh and India are engaged in intense negotiations to finalise the agreements and other issues to be signed and discussed during the visit of the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, an adviser says.

The Indian prime minister is due in nine days.

Two advisers to the prime minister and other senior government officials are holding talks with Indian national security adviser Shiv Shankar Menon at the Prime Minister's Office.

'We are holding meeting with Indian officials and it will continue until Monday afternoon,' international affairs adviser to the prime minister Gowher Rizvi said around 7:00pm on Sunday.

Menon arrived in the city in a special plane around 11:00am.

The meeting will fine tune all the aspects that will be discussed in the forthcoming visit of Manmohan Singh, he said.

Menon will meet the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday.

Source : New Age