Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasinaembarks on four-day India visit
During her visit, which comes after a gap of
seven years, Hasina will hold wide-ranging talks with her Indian
counterpart Narendra Modi tomorrow during which India is also set to
announce a line of credit of USD 500 million to Bangladesh for military supplies.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today embarked on a
four-day visit to India which will see signing of at least 25 bilateral agreements including in key areas of civil nuclear cooperation and
defence.
During her visit, which comes after a gap of seven years,
Hasina will hold wide-ranging talks with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi tomorrow during which India is also set to announce a line
of credit of USD 500 million to Bangladesh for military supplies."The
upcoming visit is expected to further expand the cordial and
cooperative relationship between India and Bangladesh and build on the
strong ties of friendship and trust between the two leaders," a joint
statement issued by the two countries said earlier.
Hasina will
also call on President Pranab Mukherjee and meet opposition leader Sonia
Gandhi. She will visit Ajmer on Sunday and will meet Indian business leaders on Monday.
She will also join a function at Manekshaw
Centre to honour Indian Armed Forces members who embraced martyrdom in
Bangladesh's War of Liberation in 1971.
Diplomatic quarters of
both sides expected that the reciprocal visit of the Bangladesh premier
would take the Dhaka-New Delhi "historic relations" to a new height
unveiling newer dimensions of cooperation in various sectors including
trade and commerce, economy and connectivity.
It will be Hasina's first bilateral visit to India in her current term as prime minister.
Ramping
up cooperation in defence and security will be a major focus area of
the talks between Modi and Hasina and apart from an MoU to provide USD
500 million credit, another pact is likely to be inked to formalise
regular defence engagements.
Issues like combating terrorism,
containing radicalism and enhancing security cooperation between the two
countries are likely to figure prominently besides stalemate over the
Teesta pact during talks between Modi and Hasina
Liberation War
Affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Water Resources Minister Anisul
Islam Mahmud, Law Minister Anisul Haque, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood
Ali, the Premier's Economic Affairs Advisor Moshiour Rahman and State
Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam are accompanying Hasina for
the visit.
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