Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali yesterday said power sector appeared to be the hallmark of Dhaka-Delhi operation as he joined a regional energy conference here.

“There is a positive momentum in cooperation between our two countries in the power sector and the achievements so far have been highly encouraging,” he told the conference titled “India’s Energy Security: Inter-regional Cooperation to Energy Security Society”.

Muazzem added: “We are happy that Bangladesh and India are experiencing very substantive cooperation in the energy sector” while Bangladesh currently imports 1,160 MW power from the neighbouring country.

He, however, added that the partnership between the two countries went “far beyond a strategic partnership” touching upon virtually all areas of human endeavour under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s leadership.

The conference was held at the Centre for South Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University while Centre for South Asian Studies chairman Professor Bhardwaj Chairman presided over the meet.