India confirms Modi’s Dhaka visit
“Prime minister (Modi) has accepted the invitation (from Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina) and will visit Bangladesh to attend the important celebration,” Raveesh Kumar, official spokesperson at Indian ministry of external affairs, told reporters in the weekly briefing in New Delhi.
He said there will also be a “bilateral component” of the visit and more details will be shared in due course.
To commemorate these two historic years, both leaders also agreed to enhance cultural interactions between both the countries.
Earlier, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh will show respect to Indian prime minister Narenda Modi in every possible way as a guest when he will join the birth centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu in Dhaka.
Shringla said prime minister Modi has especially been invited to participate in the inaugural ceremony of ‘Mujib Borsho’ marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu.
“We’re looking forward to this visit, both because of the priority the prime minister attaches to this relationship, and even more so, because Bangabandhu is just so iconic – as a globally-recognised statesman and iconic symbol of liberation for Bangladesh and for our subcontinent,” he said adding that for them in India, there is a special resonance to his name.
