Modi in Bangladesh: PM holds delegation-level talks with Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held delegation-level talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. He is on a two-day visit to the neighbouring country.

PM Modi in Bangladesh:

Addressing the Matua community in Bangladesh’s Orakandi earlier in the day, he said both India and Bangladesh want to see peace, stability and love in the world.”Both India and Bangladesh want to see the world progressing through their own progress. Both the nations want to see stability, love, and peace in the world instead of instability, terror, and unrest,” the Prime Minister said.

At the onset of his second day in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Jeshoreshwari. And Orakandi Temples in southwestern Shatkhira and Gopalganj to offer prayers. “Today, I got the opportunity to offer prayers before Maa Kali…I prayed to her to free the human race from COVID-19,” the Prime Minister said.

Two Day Visit:

He later visited the ‘Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’ in Tungipara along with Sheikh Hasina. Here, the Prime Minister laid a wreath and planted a sapling to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, his first foreign diplomatic visit since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in India last year. Over the next two days, the Prime Minister is set to hold talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, and will also participate in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the nation, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 100th birth anniversary.

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