The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday, March 16 announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Bangladesh on March 26 and 27, 2021.
MEA said PM Modi will visit the neighbouring country following an invitation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
During the visit, Prime Minister will attend the National Day programme of Bangladesh on March 26, as the guest of honour.
Modi's visit will be his first to a foreign country since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, and this highlights the priority India attaches to Bangladesh, the PMO said in a statement.
Prime Minister Modi had last visited Bangladesh in 2015.
"The visit is in connection with the commemoration of three epochal events - Mujib Borsho, the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; 50 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Bangladesh; and 50 years of Bangladesh's war of liberation," the MEA said.
According to MEA, the programme of the Prime Minister, apart from holding bilateral consultations with Sheikh Hasina, also includes a call on Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen will also call on Prime Minister Modi.
This is to be noted that India has so far provided Bangladesh with 90 lakh Indian-made COVID-19 vaccines.