Indian External Affairs Secy due Wednesday

The Indian External Affairs secretary, Vinay Mohan Kwatra will pay a two-day official visit to Dhaka from Wednesday to finalise the schedule of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas visit to New Delhi.

"He will hand over the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis invitation letter to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi, however, he will also discuss various issues with the Foreign Minister and Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh," a senior official of the Foreign Ministry has confirmed.

Earlier, it was said that Bangladesh Prime Minister would visit India in the latter half of June, however, India wants to reschedule the trip to July (after the election of India).
Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit Beijing in July.

Dhaka, however, sent a message to New Delhi that Prime Ministers first bilateral visit would be to India after taking office following the 12th parliamentary election.

Vinay Kwatra will pay a courtesy call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday and Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud. Vinay Kwatra will hold talks with foreign secretary Masud Min Momen on the same days, the official said.

The Indian Foreign Secretary was scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 20, later that was postponed due to unavoidable reasons.

It was assumed that Bangladesh and India will discuss several issues including Indian LOCs, Feni water, and renewal of Ganga water treaty.