Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi expressed their desire that the existing bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries would be further strengthened in the future.
鈥楾he two leaders have expressed their hopes that the existing bilateral relations between Bangladesh-India will be deepened further in the days to come,鈥� foreign minister Hasan Mahmud told a news briefing in the early hours of on Monday.
The expectations came at a one-to-one meeting (tete-e-tete) between the two prime ministers after the swearing-in ceremony of the cabinet of the Modi government at Rashtrapati Bhaban on Sunday evening.
During the meeting held in a very warm and friendly atmosphere, the Bangladesh prime minister invited her Indian counterpart to visit Dhaka at his convenient time, Hasan said.
The bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India have reached a new height under the prudent leadership of Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi, he said.
The foreign minister said that the two premiers later attended a banquet hosted by Indian president Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Senior Indian ministers, Bangladesh delegation, the invited heads of the other governments and states attended the dinner where they had brief interactions, he said.
Hasan said that they also had exchanged pleasantries at that time.
Replying to a query about expectations from each other as the Modi government has run his state for the last 10 years along with Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 tenure for already 15 years in Bangladesh, the foreign minister said that Bangladesh and India had multifaceted relations.
鈥楳any issues are involved between the two countries. As both the governments continue, there are some benefits in doing work together,鈥� he said.
The people from both countries benefit in terms of different aspects that include connectivity from the friendly relations of both nations, he added.
鈥極ur multi-dimensional deep relations will spread and be consolidated further in the future,鈥� Hasan hoped.
Bangladesh high commissioner to India Md Mustafizur Rahman and PM鈥檚 press secretary M Nayeemul Islam Khan were present, among others, at the briefing.
Sheikh Hasina also held separate meetings with the president of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe and union minister of India and its former external affairs minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Monday morning.
The Bangladesh prime minister arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new Indian government at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
