Shawdesh Desk:

Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar has left Dhaka after inviting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a state visit.

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Vikram Doraiswami and others senior officials saw him off at BAF Base Bangabandhu around 8:30am when he left for Delhi.

During his brief stay in Dhaka, Jaishankar met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gonobhaban on Thursday afternoon and invited her to visit India on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He also held discussions with his Bangladesh counterpart AK Abdul Momen who hosted an itfar-cum-dinner in honour of Jaishankar at Foreign Service Academy.

Bangladesh and India agreed that their close neighbourly partnership is progressing steadily.

“Our shared endeavour would be to take it forward,” Jaishankar said, adding that he is looking forward to hosting Momen for the Joint Consultative Commission before Hasina’s New Delhi visit.

Following his meeting with the Prime Minister, the Indian External Affairs Minister held a meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Momen at Foreign Service Academy at 5:00pm.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen also hosted an Iftar followed by dinner at the academy in honour of Jaishankar.