Foreign Secretary Shringla meets Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday night. Confirming this High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das said that Foreign Secretary Shringla conveyed the message to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that Bangladesh and India have deep relations and India will continue to be a development partner of Bangladesh. 

Talking to a small group of media persons in Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das said that India has a special and close relationship with Bangladesh which is reflected in the fact that Foreign Secretary has come to meet the Prime Minister with this message despite the pandemic.

During the meeting of Foreign Secretary with Prime Minister Hasina various aspects of bilateral



relationship including development partnership, enhancing connectivity, assistance on COVID-19, vaccine and post COVID-19 cooperation to revive economy were discussed. 

Foreign Secretary Shringla is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Masud Bin Momen on Wednesday before leaving Bangladesh.

This is the second visit of Harsh Vardhan Shringla to Bangladesh this year after taking over as the Foreign Secretary of India. He paid a visit to Bangladesh in March in connection with the planned visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib centenary celebration which could not take place due to the outbreak of Corona pandemic.