Indian external affairs minister SM Krishna arrives in Dhaka today (Wednesday) afternoon on a three-day official visit to review bilateral ties and prepare the ground for the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, according to a press release by the Indian external affairs ministry.
Krishna will be accompanied by a 12-member official delegation and a media team.
Foreign affairs minister Dipu Moni will receive him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, according to a press release of the ministry.
The two ministers will lead their sides on Thursday morning at the official talks where they are expected to discuss the entire range of bilateral issues including sharing the waters of common rivers, cooperation in trade, connectivity, power, boundary demarcation, border management, security, culture, education and people-to-people contact, et cetera, said the foreign affairs ministry.
They will take stock of the implementation of the decisions taken during the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi in January 2010.
They will also discuss the details of the Indian prime minister’s visit which is scheduled to take place on September 6-7 this year.
The two ministers will hold a joint press conference after the official talks on Thursday afternoon.
Krishna will call on President Zillur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Minister for Finance AMA Muhith.
He will also hold a meeting with senior editors from the print and electronic media.
He will also visit the National Mausoleum in Savar and Bangabandhu Museum in Dhanmondi.
He will unveil the inaugural plaque of an auditorium and rehearsal centre at the theater department of Dhaka University.
He will also join a discussion on the relationship between Bangladesh and India at the Bangladesh International Institute of Strategic Studies.
Krishna is scheduled to leave Dhaka for New Delhi on Friday afternoon.
Indian water resources minister Salman Khurshid and home affairs minister Palaniappan Chidambaram are likely to visit Dhaka by August to discuss water-related and border issues respectively.
The foreign ministry is expecting the visits to ‘infuse dynamism’ into relations between the two neigbouring countries, according to the press release.
-With New Age input
