Shringla to visit Dhaka early next month
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is set to visit Dhaka in the first week of March ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to attend the launch of birth centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17.
“The exact dates [of their arrivals] are being finalised,” a senior Bangladeshi diplomat in New Delhi said, citing a recent meeting between Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran and Shringla at the latter’s office in New Delhi.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. This will be the Indian Foreign Secretary’s first visit to Dhaka since he took charge on January 29.
Shringla told the envoy that he plans to visit Dhaka to prepare grounds for Modi’s visit.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also likely to visit Dhaka to attend the event but it is not clear whether she will travel as part of the Indian PM’s entourage.
During the meeting, Shringla noted the importance India attaches to the relationship with Bangladesh as its immediate neighbour and stressed that the two countries could further promote ties in areas like defence, trade and people-to-people contact.
The Bangladesh envoy appreciated Shringla’s role in consolidating relations between the two countries during his tenure as the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.
Shringla served as the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh from 2015-2018.
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