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Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Minister looks forward to Modi’s visit

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<strong>Sumi Khan</strong></p>
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Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said Dhaka looked forward to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit this month to take forward the relations with some deliverables.</p>
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Modi's planned visit to Bangladesh on March 26-27 will be his first foreign trip in more than a year mainly because of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>
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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive on Thursday on a brief visit to discuss Modi's trip. Jaishankar is likely to arrive by a special aircraft on Thursday morning and will leave Dhaka the same day.</p>
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The Indian External Affairs Minister is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his Bangladesh counterpart AK Abdul Momen, Alam said.</p>
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Bangladesh is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence and 50 years of Dhaka-New Delhi diplomatic relations this year.</p>

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