Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina arrives in Delhi for a four-day state visit to India
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Delhi on Monday (September 5, 2022) for a four-day state visit.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Delhi on Monday (September 5, 2022) for a four-day state visit. During her visit, Hasina will meet with India’s top leaders in order to strengthen the multifaceted relationship and sign at least seven bilateral agreements in areas such as water management, railways, and science and technology.
Hasina will be formally welcomed by her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi shortly, and she will be escorted by a ceremonial guard of honour.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will then visit Rajghat to pay her respects to Mahatma Gandhi.
#WATCH | Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina arrives in Delhi as she begins her 4-day visit to India. pic.twitter.com/QHgDluxlTE
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According to Hasina’s itinerary, she will meet with Indian President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, and hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Modi.
The Bangladesh Prime Minister, who last visited India in October 2019, will also meet with Dr S Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister.
Prime Minister Hasina will also attend a business event hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
She will also present the Mujib Scholarship, a Government of Bangladesh initiative, to the descendants of 200 Indian Armed Forces personnel who were martyred or critically injured during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.
Bangladesh’s foreign minister, Dr. AK Abdul Momen, is among those accompanying Hasina to India.
According to Momen, issues related to security cooperation, investment, enhanced trade relations, power and energy sector cooperation, water sharing of common rivers, water resources management, border management, and combating drug smuggling and human trafficking are likely to get priority during the talks between Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
Momen also said that the agreements expected to be inked during the visit would be on water management, railway, science and technology, and information and broadcasting. The foreign minister said Dhaka expects that the high-level visit would be very successful to “help achieve our goals”.
