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DHAKA, Feb 14 (PTI) Foreign Minister Vinay Kwatra is scheduled to arrive here on Tuesday as a regular Foreign Office consultation (FOC) ahead of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s planned visit to New Delhi in September, an official said. a part of.
Kwatra, who is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, will start meeting with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday, when he will hold talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart, according to foreign ministry officials.
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Kwatra’s scheduled meeting with his foreign minister, Masud Bin Momen, on Wednesday was part of a regular flag of convenience, but their meeting is expected to partly prepare for Hasina’s visit to New Delhi, Bangladesh foreign ministry officials said.
“He plans to visit Prime Minister Hasina and later meet her chief secretary (Mohammad Tofazal Hussein Mia) at the prime minister’s office,” said an official familiar with the visit.
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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sehli Sabrin told the media earlier that preparations for the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) are underway and the talks may cover all proposed and pending issues related to bilateral relations.
This will be Kwatra’s first visit to Bangladesh since he became foreign secretary on May 1 last year, and the foreign ministry said it was given “highest priority” under India’s “neighborhood first” policy.
The last FOC was held on January 29, 2021 in New Delhi.
Hasina is expected to visit India in September for the G20 summit at the invitation of her Indian counterpart and current chairman of the bloc of large economies, Narendra Modi.
Although Hasina is not a member of the G-20, she will attend the summit as a guest, officials said.
According to tradition, the presidency of the G20 invites international organizations such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the World Trade Organization to participate in the meeting.
India will hold the presidency of the Group of 20 from December this year for a one-year term.
“Our prime minister is likely to meet her opponent during the G20 summit, apparently at the last meeting before the elections between the two countries,” said a foreign ministry official.
The host country invited Bangladesh as the only country in South Asia to attend the summit, which will be held on September 9-10, and other non-member countries that have been invited include Egypt, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and the United Arab Emirates.
The Bangladeshi foreign minister is scheduled to attend the G20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi on March 1-2.
The G-20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies, comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU).
G20 members account for approximately 85 percent of global GDP, more than 75 percent of global trade, and approximately two-thirds of the world’s population.
Member countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Kwatra’s visit to Bangladesh follows the return of the foreign minister on Tuesday from Kathmandu, where he was there to strengthen bilateral ties between India and Nepal.
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