Indian High Commissioner Trivedi meets PM Tarique

Indian High Commissioner to Dinesh Tribedi made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday at his secretariat office.

Dhaka, Aug 10 - Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday and discussed issues of bilateral relations.

The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office at the Secretariat at around 11am, said the Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Zahidul Islam Rony.

“It was a courtesy meeting. They discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and issues of mutual interest,” he said.

This was Trivedi’s first meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman and the Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir were present during the meeting.

India appointed Trivedi, a former Indian railway minister and health minister and a veteran politician from West Bengal, as its 16th High Commissioner to Bangladesh in April, replacing Pranay Kumar Verma.

Trivedi formally assumed office after presenting his credentials to former president Mohammed Shahabuddin on June 25.

Trivedi has already held meetings with Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed as part of his diplomatic engagements in Dhaka. - UNB