In what might be his first abroad go to because the COVID-19 pandemic final 12 months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Bangladesh on March 26 and 27, the Ministry of External Affairs introduced on Tuesday.
Modi, who’s visiting on the invitation of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, will take part within the commemoration of “three epochal events” – Mujib Borsho, the start centenary of Bangladesh’s father of the nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 50 years of diplomatic ties, and 50 years of Bangladesh’s struggle of liberation.
The Prime Minister had final visited Bangladesh in 2015.
During the go to, Modi will attend the nationwide day programme of Bangladesh on March 26 because the visitor of honour.
Besides holding bilateral talks with Hasina, Modi can even meet President Mohammad Abdul Hamid and international minister AK Abdul Momen.
“The visit of the prime minister to Bangladesh will be the first visit to a foreign country since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. This highlights the priority India attaches to Bangladesh,” the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned.