Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed India’s commitment to work with Bangladesh during the new term in office of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports state news agency BSS.

“The India-Bangladesh relations have been on an upward trajectory in the last few years,” he said when the visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen met him at New Delhi in India on Thursday (Feb 7) morning.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali, among others, were present during the meeting.

The prime minister congratulated Abdul Momen on his appointment as the foreign minister of Bangladesh and appreciated his gesture of selecting India as the destination for his first foreign visit.

Abdul Momen briefed the prime minister on recent developments in the bilateral relationship.

Earlier, Momen arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday (Feb 6) night on a three-day official visit to attend the 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting to be held on Friday (Feb 8).

He is leading a high level official delegation comprising secretaries of different ministries and concerned departmental chiefs relating to the JCC meeting. Foreign Minister Momen will lead the Bangladesh delegation and his counterpart Sushma Swaraj the Indian delegation to the JCC.

Prior to the JCC meet, he will hold meeting with Sushma Swaraj on Friday (Feb 8) morning.

Officials concerned of Bangladesh mission in New Delhi said that five MoUs including cooperation of the two countries in graft investigation and on TV broadcasting and medicinal plants are likely to be signed during the visit.

Apart from his official engagement, he will meet former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the latter’s residence in New Delhi.