UNB, Dhaka :
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday said a new horizon in Bangladesh-India relations would usher in with the visit of Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
“We hope a new horizon in Bangladesh-India relations will open up through her visit,” he told reporters after attending a function at East West University in the city.
The Foreign Minister said, a wide range of bilateral issues would be discussed during Sushma’s Dhaka visit.
Sushma arrives here on June 25 on a three-day ‘goodwill visit’ to Bangladesh.
This is going to be Swaraj’s first stand-alone visit abroad as the External Affairs Minister and reflects the importance that India attaches to its bilateral relationship with Bangladesh, a close friend and neighbour, said the Indian External Affairs Ministry.
The visit will take place at the invitation of her Bangladesh counterpart AH Mahmood Ali.
During her stay here, Sushma will meet President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Indian External Affairs Minister will also have engagement with think tanks, chambers of commerce and industry and cultural organisations.
She would also deliver a lecture on Bangladesh-India relations at an event to be organised by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS).
The Indian side hoped that the visit will provide a further momentum to
the close and friendly relationship between India and Bangladesh.
Earlier on May 27, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Bangladesh of looking into two long-pending issues – Teesta water sharing deal and Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) when Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury met him at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday said a new horizon in Bangladesh-India relations would usher in with the visit of Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
“We hope a new horizon in Bangladesh-India relations will open up through her visit,” he told reporters after attending a function at East West University in the city.
The Foreign Minister said, a wide range of bilateral issues would be discussed during Sushma’s Dhaka visit.
Sushma arrives here on June 25 on a three-day ‘goodwill visit’ to Bangladesh.
This is going to be Swaraj’s first stand-alone visit abroad as the External Affairs Minister and reflects the importance that India attaches to its bilateral relationship with Bangladesh, a close friend and neighbour, said the Indian External Affairs Ministry.
The visit will take place at the invitation of her Bangladesh counterpart AH Mahmood Ali.
During her stay here, Sushma will meet President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Indian External Affairs Minister will also have engagement with think tanks, chambers of commerce and industry and cultural organisations.
She would also deliver a lecture on Bangladesh-India relations at an event to be organised by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS).
The Indian side hoped that the visit will provide a further momentum to
the close and friendly relationship between India and Bangladesh.
Earlier on May 27, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Bangladesh of looking into two long-pending issues – Teesta water sharing deal and Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) when Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury met him at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi.
