Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen reached Silchar of the Indian north-eastern state Assam on Friday to attend the "First Silchar-Sylhet Festival-2022."
A Bangladesh delegation led by the foreign minister crossed the Shewla land port at the Sylhet border in the morning.
After reaching the Sutarkandi border in the Indian part, the Bangladesh foreign minister expressed his deep satisfaction and thanked Indian authorities for giving him and his delegation a warm welcome, the foreign ministry said in a press release.
"After 50 years, I am privileged to cross the Bangladesh-India border through Shewla-Sutarkandi and myself and my delegation are pleased with the cordial welcome they extended to us," Momen said.
The foreign minister as a chief guest attended the two-day festival which was inaugurated in the evening.
On Saturday, a number of events — panel discussion on trade and commerce, Tribal and Culinary Festival, panel discussion on "Our Rivers, Our Water, Our Climate," Festival of Language and Literature are scheduled to be held.
Momen is leading a Bangladesh delegation that comprised lawmakers Iqbalur Rahim, Gazi Mohammad Shahnewaz, and Mohibur Rahman Manik, former foreign secretary Shamsher Mubin Chowdhury, business leaders, political dignitaries and media representatives from Sylhet.
