Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to visit Dhaka on Monday (Aug 19), sources said.
Meanwhile Indian media outlet Financial Express reported that in his first visit as external affairs minister, S Jaishankar will be visiting Dhaka in an effort to further strengthen the relations between the two countries.
Topping the agenda of his two day visit to the neighboring country is expected to focus on illegal immigration, connectivity, Rohingya crisis as well as water sharing of 54 rivers including the long-pending Teesta River water issue.
Jaishankar has met with his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen recently in New Delhi and prior to that on the sidelines of the 5th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia or CICA in Tajikistan.
Bangladesh and India over the last three years have inked almost 60 plus agreements, and have also resolved the decades-old land boundary as well as maritime issues. However the issue of sharing the Teesta River water continues to remain on the table for discussion.
The visit according to officers is reciprocal and is ahead of the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in early winter. This will be Hasina’s first visit after assuming office for the third time consecutively.
Besides connectivity and trade-related issues, when Hasina meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the expected agenda would include all bilateral and regional issues, sharing of water in 54 common rivers and the Teesta in particular.