UN General Assembly: Hasina, Modi likely to meet next month
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are likely to have a brief meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next month.
The high-level meetings and the general debate of the 74the session of the UNGA will be held from September 23 to 30 at the UN headquarters. Both Hasina and Modi are scheduled take part in it, said an official.
Bangladesh and India are preparing to sign a number of bilateral documents during Hasina’s visit to India in the first week of October.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen discussed the issues with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar during a bilateral meeting in Dhaka recently.
They discussed preparatory measures over the PM’s visit to India and exchanged proposals.
Hasina will also attend India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum, to be held in New Delhi on October 3-4 under the theme “Innovating for India: Strengthening South Asia, Impacting the World”.Bangladesh and India are discussing issues related to finalisation of programme and agenda of the PM’s visit to New Delhi. The two countries reaffirmed that relationship between India and Bangladesh goes far beyond a strategic partnership.
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