India to focus on solving issues with BD: Saran

India's approach towards Bangladesh in the coming months will be ‘largely problem solving’, its High Commissioner in Dhaka has said. Pankaj Saran has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already conveyed to Bangladesh’s Speaker that ‘he was committed to maintaining and building upon the momentum of the relationship’. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury met Modi in New Delhi after the swearing-in ceremony in May. Saran said Modi’s comment was ‘significant’ and he told the Speaker straightaway that ‘I am going to do what has been done and I am also going to build upon it’. The High Commissioner was speaking at a reception he hosted for senior journalists, teachers, and members of the civil society in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. This was his first interaction after the new government took office in Delhi. Earlier in an interview, Saran said that the new government in Delhi would honour all the sovereign commitments given to Bangladesh. The High commissioner on Friday said in the coming months ‘you will see definite step up in the momentum of interaction, exchanges and the approach is going to be largely problem solving’, according to bdnews24.com.