Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to meet with her Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on September 28.
“The meeting would take place on September 28,” AK Abdul Momen, Bangladesh permanent representative to the UN, confirmed to the Dhaka Tribune over telephone on Wednesday.
Momen also said the foreign ministry in Dhaka would finalise a list of topics for possible discussion.
Meanwhile, a foreign ministry official said the Land Boundary Agreement, Teesta River treaty, border killings, regional cooperation and other issues would be discussed at the meeting.
A large delegation will accompany the prime minister, who is scheduled to leave Dhaka for New York on Sunday, and return on September 30.
The delegation includes Amir Hossain Amu and Tofail Ahmed from ruling Awami League, Anisul Islam Mahmud and Mojibul Haque Chunnu from Jatiya Party, Rashed Khan Menon from Workers Party, Moinuddin Khan Badal and Shirin Akhter of JSD, and Amena Ahmed of NAP.
The UNGA session this year will discuss the millennium development goals, and Bangladesh would make a strong statement on the subject, Momen said.
Moreover, Commonwealth foreign ministers would also seat together during the UNGA, British High Commissioner Robert Gibson said on Wednesday after a meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque.
“We discussed the forthcoming UNGA, because in the margin of UNGA, there would be a meeting of the Commonwealth foreign ministers,” Gibson said, adding that he discussed the agenda for the meeting with Shahidul.
The British envoy also said in the upcoming meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in November, they would also like to see discussions on three Ts – tax, transparency and trade.
