Chief advisor Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are likely to hold their first bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Thailand next November.
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Tauhid Hossain said in a press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon that the first bilateral meeting between the two leaders is expected to take place during the BIMSTEC summit to be held next month.
Chief advisor. Muhammad Yunus is expected to attend the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit. The conference was initially planned to be held on September 4. But later the event was postponed.
Thailand is set to host the organization’s next summit, where Bangladesh will take over as BIMSTEC’s next chairman.
There was no meeting between the heads of government of Bangladesh and India during the 79th United Nations General Session (UNGA) in New York due to scheduling conflicts.
During the UNGA session, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India. When asked about the outcome of his meeting with S Jaishankar, Tauhid Hossain said both sides reiterated the importance of maintaining strong ties between Bangladesh and India.
He said, ‘We agree that establishing good relations between our two countries is very important for both Bangladesh and India.’
The Foreign Adviser noted that both sides discussed normalization of visa process for Bangladeshi nationals traveling to India.
Tauhid Hossain also said, ‘He (Jaishankar) expressed hope that the visa system will be restarted soon.’
He also said that they have reviewed the internal security situation of Bangladesh.
“I assured him that the security situation has improved significantly and no other external country has expressed concern in recent times,” Tauhid Hussain noted.
Since the fall of the previous Awami League government, the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has fled the country and sought refuge in India, causing some tension in the relationship between Dhaka and New Delhi.