Modi, Hasina to meet in New York on 27 September
22 Sept 2014 4:20 AM IST
Announcing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Hasina on the margins of the UNGA which will be their first bilateral meeting, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, however, did not give the date for the interaction between the two leaders.
Sources, however, said the two leaders will meet on September 27 after addressing the General Assembly.
The prime minister had invited Hasina for his swearing-in ceremony 26 May but the Bangladeshi
leader was travelling that time and could not attend the event.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, who is here for a JCC, extended an invitation on behalf of Hasina to the prime minister to visit Bangladesh to which Modi said that he looked forward to visiting Bangladesh at the earliest convenience.
Sources, however, said the two leaders will meet on September 27 after addressing the General Assembly.
The prime minister had invited Hasina for his swearing-in ceremony 26 May but the Bangladeshi
leader was travelling that time and could not attend the event.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, who is here for a JCC, extended an invitation on behalf of Hasina to the prime minister to visit Bangladesh to which Modi said that he looked forward to visiting Bangladesh at the earliest convenience.
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