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Duty-free access for Bangladesh goods

Haroon Habib

DHAKA: The commodities of the least developed countries, including Bangladesh, under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation will get duty-free access to Indian market, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Saturday.

The Minister, who was in the Bangladesh capital on a nine-hour visit to extend solidarity with the cyclone-ravaged people, said a notification by New Delhi was expected to settle the long-drawn issue by December 31.

Mr. Mukherjee announced this after he met Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury here.

The Minister, who arrived on an Indian Air Force plane at 9.15 a.m., was received by Dr. Chowdhury. He handed over to Dr. Chowdhury 36.4 tonnes of relief goods, which included 10 tonnes of milk powder, alum ferric, water filters, 6,000 blankets, ready-to-eat meals and medicines.

Mr. Mukherjee paid a courtesy call on the Chief Adviser of the military-backed interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed.

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