PM Modi set to visit Bangladesh on March 26 and 27

New Delhi, Mar 17: Marking his first overseas visit since the COVID-19 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bangladesh on March 26 and 27, the Ministry of External Affairs announced. PM Modi had last visited Bangladesh in 2015.

 

 

 

PM Modi, who is visiting at the invitation of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, will participate in the commemoration of "three epochal events" – Mujib Borsho, the birth centenary of Bangladesh’s father of the nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 50 years of diplomatic ties, and 50 years of Bangladesh’s war of liberation.

 

 

 

 

 

During his two-day visit, PM Modi will attend the National Day programme of Bangladesh on March 26, as the guest of honour. Apart from holding bilateral consultations with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, PM Modi will also meet President Mohammad Abdul Hamid and foreign 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 said.

 

This is to be noted that India has so far provided Bangladesh with 90 lakh Indian-made COVID-19 vaccines.