Former Information Minister and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader Hasanul Haq Inu met visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and discussed various issues of mutual interest on Wednesday.
Terming India an “old and tested friend” since 1971, Inu said the meeting was with an old friend Shringla.
He said that the relationship between Bangladesh and India are getting deeper under the current government and termed the visit “meaningful.”
Talking to the media after the meeting at a city hotel, he said that many cooperation efforts are going on between the two countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Inu referred to the virtual meeting of SAARC leaders and said the two countries are working for the development of South Asia.
Shringla, who served as the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, assumed office of the Indian Foreign Secretary in January of 2020.
As the Foreign Secretary, he first visited Dhaka in March of the current year.
Soon after his arrival on Tuesday, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said: “He is currently on a visit to Dhaka to discuss and ‘take forward cooperation’ on matters of mutual interest.”
He is scheduled to leave Dhaka on Wednesday after his meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen.
