PM Modi To Sign Range Of Pacts During Bangladesh Visit: Foreign Secretary

"This visit will be of very special significance and will serve to highlight the celebration of our unique and special ties which reinforce our comprehensive strategic partnership with Bangladesh," Mr Shringla said.

A range of pacts will be signed and new announcements for bolstering cooperation in several areas will be made during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh from Friday, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. PM Modi will also visit the mausoleum of ''Bangabandhu'' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj district, the first Indian dignitary to ever visit the place, Mr Shringla said. It will be the Prime Minister's first visit to a foreign country since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. "This visit will be of very special significance and will serve to highlight the celebration of our unique and special ties which reinforce our comprehensive strategic partnership with Bangladesh," Mr Shringla said at a media briefing.