March 21, 2025
DHAKA – Bangladesh has approached India to arrange a meeting between Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangkok in the first week of April, reports ANI.
The two leaders are likely to visit Thailand from April 2-4 to attend the sixth BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok.
Speaking to ANI, Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain said, “We have made a diplomatic approach to India to hold a bilateral meeting between our two leaders at the sidelines of BIMSTEC Summit.”
Yunus is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 28.
Earlier in February, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting with Touhid on the sidelines of the Indian Ocean Conference in Oman.
Informing about his meeting, Jaishankar said the talks were focussed on the bilateral relationship between two countries and Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).
“Met Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain of the Interim Government of Bangladesh. Conversation was focused on our bilateral relationship, as also on (BIMSTEC),” Jaishankar wrote on X.
Bangladesh foreign ministry too had issued a statement, where it stated that two sides discussed on various bilateral issues of mutual concerns and interests.