New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on April 20 to prepare the ground for Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's possible visit to India in June, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
In Dhaka, Quatra will hold wide-ranging talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Masood Bin Momen on the entire gamut of bilateral relations and ways to take the ties forward.
The Foreign Secretary is also likely to meet Foreign Minister Hassan Mahmood.
The people quoted above said Kwatra's visit is also aimed at preparing the ground for Hasina's planned visit to India in June.
There has been no official statement on Hasina's possible visit to India in June.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Mahmood visited India in February. This was Hasina's first bilateral visit abroad after coming to power for the fifth time following her landslide victory in parliamentary elections in January.
During his visit, Mahmood held wide-ranging talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on all key aspects of bilateral relations, especially in the areas of cross-border connectivity, defense and security, power, energy, water resources and people-to-people exchanges. of.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval visited Dhaka in February in the first high-level visit from India since Hasina remained in power.
In Dhaka, Quatra will hold wide-ranging talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Masood Bin Momen on the entire gamut of bilateral relations and ways to take the ties forward.
The Foreign Secretary is also likely to meet Foreign Minister Hassan Mahmood.
The people quoted above said Kwatra's visit is also aimed at preparing the ground for Hasina's planned visit to India in June.
There has been no official statement on Hasina's possible visit to India in June.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Mahmood visited India in February. This was Hasina's first bilateral visit abroad after coming to power for the fifth time following her landslide victory in parliamentary elections in January.
During his visit, Mahmood held wide-ranging talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on all key aspects of bilateral relations, especially in the areas of cross-border connectivity, defense and security, power, energy, water resources and people-to-people exchanges. of.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval visited Dhaka in February in the first high-level visit from India since Hasina remained in power.
