Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami has assured of extending all facilities at the Indian ports on a priority basis, so that rice imports from India can be expedited through government-to-government (G2G) and open tender system of Bangladesh government.

He gave the assurance when he paid a call on Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder at the latter’s office at the secretariat on Thursday, a Press Information Department(PID) statement said.

During the meeting, they discussed various important bilateral issues, the press statement added.