The Newly appointed foreign minister of the country Dr Hasan Mahmud will visit New Delhi on February 7 as his first official bilateral tour.

“I am going for tour of India on February 7 at the invitation of honourable Indian external affair minister,” he told the reporters at a briefing at foreign ministry in the capital today.
 
The foreign minister said that he might be stayed in New Delhi for three days.

“The tour agendas or itinerary is yet to ready … but we have discussed that I will go on February 7,” he added.
        
Responding to a query whether he will call on Indian Prime Minister in Delhi, Mahmud said, “Nothing has been finalized yet … it is too early to say anything.”

The foreign minister was scheduled to leave Dhaka for Uganda to attend a multilateral event, the Non-aligned Movement (NAM) summit at the early hours of today but his flight could not take off due to dense fog.

Mahmud said his fixed meetings in Uganda are now under rescheduling as he will fly later.
 
The foreign minister said he received an invitation from his Indian counterpart Dr. S Jaishankar when Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma called on him on Monday marked Mahmud’s first diplomatic engagement after assuming the charge of the foreign ministry.

After the meeting while exchanging views with the journalists Mahmud said he expected New Delhi to be his first destination for bilateral visit at a convenient time.

BDST: 1614 HRS, JAN 18, 2024
MN/SMS