Dhaka: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman is expected to visit India next week, according to multiple media reports.
The visit will be the first official visit by a high-ranking politician from Bangladesh since Prime Minister Tarique Rahman came to power after leading the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to a landslide victory in the 12 February election.
The visit, which comes at a time when both sides are rebuilding ties after the strains witnessed under the caretaker administration led by Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus, is expected to reset bilateral ties between the two neighboring nations.
Rahman is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on April 8, a report in Hindustan Times said. The visit will focus on Bangladesh’s worsening energy scenario amid the ongoing war in West Asia and the resultant crisis in the global energy market.
The two sides are also expected to revive the issue of renewing the Ganga Waters Treaty, which will turn 30 in December this year, the report said.
