India and Bangladesh have decided to extend the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route.
They agreed to declare Safardighi in West Bengal as the new port of call under the Protocol on Inland Water Transit & Trade (PIWT&T).
Both sides agreed to form a technical team immediately to study the inclusion of the Chandpur-Chittagong stretch as an IBP route under PIWT&T.
They also discussed issues like easing visa issuance, shore-leave facility and repatriation for seafarers.
They also agreed to examine the inclusion of Payra seaport in the agreement on using Chattogram and Mongla Ports (ACMP) to move goods between the two countries.
Both countries shared the water routes and coastal routes for transportation of the cargo and passengers on the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route and Coastal routes.
