Indian external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar will pay an official visit here today to handover an invitation on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina to visit New Delhi.
The Indian foreign minister is scheduled to arrive here at Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Bangabandhu Base in Kurmitola in the capital by an Indian Air force special flight at 2:10 pm, official sources said here.
Jaishankar is scheduled to call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban at 4 pm.
After that the Indian external affairs minister will hold a meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen at Foreign Service academy at 5 pm.
Bangladesh foreign minister will also host an Iftar followed by dinner at the honor of Jaishankar at the academy.
The Indian external affairs minister is scheduled to leave here for Bhutan at 8:30 am on Friday.
“The forthcoming visit of EAM (External Affairs Minister) to Bangladesh may be seen in the context of frequent bilateral high-level visits and exchanges particularly as both sides commemorate fifty years of the establishment of diplomatic ties,” Indian external affairs ministry said in a statement today.
The last visit of EAM to Bangladesh was in March 2021.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh foreign minister said, Jaishankar might bring some good news … “he will give us surprise”.
Momen said he is happy about his Indian counterpart’s visit as Bangladesh and India have been enjoying a “sweet” relation. “We always welcome him (Jaishankar) here,” he added.
During the visit, the foreign minister said, the date of seventh Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting, which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi, would be fixed.
“We will discuss all our major bilateral issues,” Momen added.