Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Monday reiterated India’s willingness to work with the government and the people of Bangladesh to strengthen people-centric cooperation in all domains based on mutual interest and benefit.

He paid a courtesy call on information and broadcasting minister Zahir Uddin Swapon and discussed issues of mutual interest.

They discussed wide-ranging cooperation in information and broadcasting domain including engagements between media and broadcasting institutions of the two countries.

They agreed to enhance exchange visits of media delegations between the two countries to strengthen people-to-people relations and promote mutual understanding.

The high commissioner proposed various capacity building initiatives for journalists and media professionals under ITEC programme of Government of India.

As part of these initiatives, a special training course for women journalists from Bangladesh will soon be organised in India.

They also exchanged views on cooperation in films, including organisation of film screening and film festivals in each other’s country, as well as collaboration in production and post-production technological support.