Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tweets On His Two- Day Visit To Bangladesh, Seeks To Enhance Ties

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Bangladesh on a two-day visit 26th- 27th March . It will be his first official foreign visit after the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his tweet Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote of his visit and what is there on the agenda. As he wrote, Our partnership with Bangladesh is an important pillar of our Neighbourhood First policy, and we are committed to further deepen and diversify it. We will continue to support Bangladesh’s remarkable development journey, under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dynamic leadership

On his visit Modi said , I’ll be having substantive discussions with PM Sheikh Hasina, following our very productive virtual meeting in December last year. I also look forward to my meeting with President Abdul Hamid, and to interactions with other Bangladeshi dignitaries.

PM Modi further said : “I look forward to my participation at the National Day celebrations tomorrow, which will also commemorate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman”

This visit is the commemoration of bilateral ties between India & Bangladesh, 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence, and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu, Vikram K. Doraiswami, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh on PM Modi’s Bangladesh visit on March 26-27.

Vikram K. Doraiswami further stated : “PM visit is intended to signal that we’ve travelled together for 50 yrs & we need to look ahead for another 50, which would be about more joint ventures, trade and investment”