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4 South Asian countries to ink deal facilitating transit of motor vehicles

Xinhua, June 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Bangladesh will sign a motor vehicle transport deal together with India, Bhutan and Nepal, so as to facilitate transit of passenger, cargo and personal vehicles among the four countries, an official said here Sunday.

Bangladeshi Finance Minister AMA Muhith told journalists that the deal is set to be signed Monday in Bhutanese capital Thimphu following a meeting of transport ministers of the South Asian countries.

"We'll fix charges in line with WTO (the World Trade Organization) guidelines in this connection," Muhith said.

The country's cabinet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair approved the draft agreement on June 8.

Officials in Dhaka had earlier said the agreement aims at starting seamless transit of passenger, cargo and personal vehicles among the countries, and it will allow vehicles to ply designated routes in the four countries. Endi