PM Modi Meets Sheikh Hasina For Talks On Issues Of Bilateral, Mutual Interest
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On Friday, PM Modi attended the celebrations of the golden jubilee of the country's independence, the birth centenary of "Bangabandhu" in Dhaka.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Saturday for talks during which the two leaders are expected to discuss a wide-range of issues of bilateral and mutual interests. PM Modi, who is visiting Bangladesh on his first trip to a foreign country since the outbreak of the coronavirus, will hold substantive discussions with Ms Hasina following which the two sides would ink a range of agreements covering a number of areas of bilateral cooperation. The two leaders are also likely to make new announcements of cooperation in areas of culture, preservation of spirit of 1971, health railways, education, border development, power cooperation and start-ups. "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," PM Modi tweeted ahead of his visit on Thursday.More Related News