NEW DELHI, Feb 3, 2019 (BSS)-Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen,
in his maiden overseas trip after taking charge of the ministry, will arrive
here on Wednesday night to attend the 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative
Commission (JCC) meeting.
He will lead a high level Bangladesh delegation comprising secretaries of
different ministries and concerned DGs to the JCC meet on Friday while his
Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj will lead her team.
Sources said entire gamut of bilateral relations ranging from trade and
investment, security cooperation, connectivity, border management, defence
cooperation, energy, shipping, and people-to-people exchanges are likely to
come up for discussion in the JCC meet.
A number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) between India and
Bangladesh are likely to be signed during the high-profile visit, Bangladesh
High Commission in New Delhi sources said here.
During his three-day official visit to India, Momen will call on Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning apart from holding meeting
with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj on Friday prior to joining the JCC
meet.
Later, he will meet former Indian President and Bharat Ratna (the highest
civilian award of India) Awardee Pranab Mukherjee at the latter’s residence
here.
Former Permanent Representative of India to UN Ashok Mukherjee will call
on the minister at his hotel suite on Thursday afternoon.
Momen will also join a lunch to be hosted by the Ministry of External
Affairs in his honour on Friday and a dinner by State Minister for Housing
and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday.
Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi will host a dinner on Friday in
honour of the ministry and his delegation.
Wrapping up his three-day visit, the Bangladesh foreign minister will
leave New Delhi for Dhaka on Saturday morning.
The last JCC meet was held in Dhaka on October 22-23, 2017 when Swaraj led
the Indian delegation.