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Narendra Modi meets President Abdul Hamid

TBP Desk
27 Mar 2021 20:33:14 | Update: 27 Mar 2021 20:38:39
Narendra Modi meets President Abdul Hamid

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the capital Saturday evening.

President Abdul Hamid welcomed Modi when he reached there.

Modi went to Bangabhaban after a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office.

Bangladesh and India today signed five memorandum of understanding (MoUs) covering areas of bilateral cooperation to further enhance ties between the neighbouring countries.

In a bilateral meeting at prime minister's office in Dhaka, Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina discussed the progress achieved in the areas of health, trade, connectivity, energy, development cooperation and many more issues.

They also inaugurated eight projects virtually.

Narendra Modi earlier reached the PMO at 5 pm to be received with e bouquet by his counterpart at her office’s Tiger Gate while the talks ended at around 6.20.

The Indian premier arrived in Dhaka on Friday morning on a two-day state visit in his first overseas visit to join Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary And golden Jubilee of the country’s 1971 Independence.

The Indian premier is scheduled to leave for home Saturday evening wrapping up his two-day visit.

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