India and Bangladesh on Saturday inked 22 pacts covering civil nuclear cooperation and defense, among others, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the iconic Hyderabad House in the heart of the Indian capital.
Modi hailed Hasina's visit to India as "another golden era in the friendship between the peoples of our nations" and vowed to fight terror alongside Dhaka.
The Indian leader also announced a new line of concessional credit worth 4.5 billion US dollars for the implementation of projects in Bangladesh as well as an additional line of credit of 500 million US dollars to Dhaka for military supplies.
"The spread of radicalization and extremism poses a grave threat to India and Bangladesh," he said, adding that he admired the visiting prime minister's "zero-tolerance" policy towards terrorism.
He also touched on other sectors. "We want to build cooperation in new areas, especially in some high technology areas, which would include space exploration, civil nuclear energy and other areas," he said.
Hasina lauded India as "our most important neighbor." "India has achieved great development in the areas of economy, education, science, technology and innovation,” she said.
This is Hasina's first visit to India after Modi assumed office in May 2014.
(With inputs from Xinhua)
