Prime Minister's visit to Delhi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister accompanying the Prime Minister in Delhi. Hasan Mahmud told reporters this.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a private meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India for the third time in a row, Minister Hasan Mahmood told reporters at the ITC Maurya Hotel in New Delhi on Monday morning. On this occasion he once again congratulated Narendra Modi and the NDA alliance for the election victory and also invited Prime Minister Modi to visit Bangladesh.

In the meeting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her sincere interest in working with the new government of Narendra Modi to strengthen the ties between the two countries, the foreign minister said.

Dr. Hasan Mahmood said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bangladesh-India relations have reached a new height and Bangladesh and India have many opportunities as the closest neighbors.

We have to work together for the further development of both countries, including the development of communication infrastructure to increase people-to-people connection, said the foreign minister.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is visiting New Delhi, met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Indian Union Minister S Jaishankar had a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday morning at the ITC Maurya Hotel in the Indian capital. The foreign minister briefed reporters about the two meetings later. Hasan Mahmud.

The Foreign Minister said that various bilateral issues were discussed in the meeting with the President of Sri Lanka. Ranil Wickramasinghe thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the assistance of Bangladesh during the extreme economic crisis of that country. Hasan Mahmud also discussed Bangladesh's technology in agriculture and Sri Lanka's expertise and investment cooperation in tourism.

Regarding S. Jaishankar's meeting with the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister said, recalling the sincerity of S. Jaishankar when he was the Foreign Minister of India, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated him on his re-election as a minister and expressed his intention to work together.

On this afternoon, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was met at ITC Maurya Hotel by Rajya Sabha member of Indian Parliament and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, her son and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and daughter Indian National Congress Party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi. The Prime Minister had a private discussion with the Gandhi family in a cordial atmosphere.

Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was invited as one of the top world leaders, arrived in Delhi on Saturday afternoon at the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, the leader of the NDA alliance, which won 293 of the 543 seats in the 18th election of the lower house of the Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha.

Indian Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (Overseas Indian Affairs) Ambassador Muktesh Pardesi received the Prime Minister at the airport.

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