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Modi likely to visit Tungipara on Mar 26

Bangladesh

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03 February, 2021, 07:05 pm
Last modified: 03 February, 2021, 07:09 pm

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Modi likely to visit Tungipara on Mar 26

Bangladesh is ready to welcome Prime Minister Modi on March 26 to celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh's independence together

UNB
03 February, 2021, 07:05 pm
Last modified: 03 February, 2021, 07:09 pm
Modi likely to visit Tungipara on Mar 26

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Tungipara in Gopalganj on March 26 to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

"It's his (Modi) desire to visit Tungipara. It's yet to be finalised," Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told reporters at his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are scheduled to have Summit-level talks in Dhaka on March 27, taking forward the relations between the two countries keeping the celebratory year in focus.

Bangladesh is ready to welcome Prime Minister Modi on March 26 to celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh's independence together. "The visit is confirmed. It's more or less all set. Many things will take place. We're progressing pretty smoothly," said the Foreign Minister.

Bangladesh and India will hold four Secretary-level meetings before the Summit meeting between the two Prime Ministers to give inputs for the March-27 talks.

The meeting between the Water Resources Secretaries of the two countries will be held in New Delhi while Commerce Secretary-level, Home Secretary-level and Shipping Secretary-level talks will be held in Dhaka.

The two countries are currently working on four to five MoUs to be signed during the Summit meeting and there is a possibility to increase the number of bilateral documents with inputs from four Secretary-level meetings.

Indian Foreign Minister Dr Jaishankar is likely to visit Bangladesh before the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Earlier in the December-17 virtual meeting, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanked her Indian counterpart for accepting her invitation to visit Bangladesh in person in March 2021 to join the celebrations on the occasion of 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's Independence and 50 years of Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations.

Bangladesh and India described the year 2021 as historic in their bilateral relations as they would be commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Liberation War and the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Prime Minister requested the Indian side to consider Bangladesh's proposal to name the historic road from Mujib Nagar to Nodia on Bangladesh-India border as "Shadhinota Shorok" commemorating the historical significance of the road during Bangladesh's Liberation War.

The road will jointly be inaugurated during the PM-level meeting, said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen adding that Feni Bridge is also likely to be inaugurated.

On trade issues, Masud Momen said the bilateral trade between the two countries crossed US$ 1 billion mark and there is scope for further expansion of trade addressing the barriers.

The Commerce Secretary-level talks will discuss ways to remove all kinds of barriers to higher trade volume between the two countries, he said, adding that the meeting will be an important one.

Masud Momen said the air bubble arrangements in the Covid situation have been extended between Bangladesh and India until 30 April or resumption of regular flights, whichever is earlier. "We saw its effectiveness."

He said the two countries are in discussions to resume tourists and students' visas soon, at least on a limited scale.

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