Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque has met his Indian counterpart Vijay Gokhale at South Block in New Delhi on Tuesday (Apr 16).
Apart from bilateral issues, they discussed about the upcoming International Organization for Migration (IOM) deputy director general election, in which the Bangladesh foreign secretary is an aspirant.
Haque also had meetings with different non-resident ambassadors to Bangladesh based in Delhi about the IOM election.
An official said, the secretary is scheduled for more meetings on Wednesday and Thursday and fly back on Thursday.
The IOM election will be held on Jun 21, when 173 members will elect the second man of the UN body which looks after the global governance of migration, a subject very important for Bangladesh.
There are 77 ambassadors who look after their interest in Bangladesh from Delhi and out of them about 60 are members of IOM.
So far, four other aspirants showed interest for the post, who are from Sudan, Ethiopia, the Philippines and Jordan.
A popular face in the migration world, Haque used to be in the IOM and worked there for 11 years at senior level posts on lien. He left the organization in 2012 and became the foreign secretary in 2013.
The secretary went to retirement on Dec 31 last year but got an extension for a year. He was also promoted to a senior secretary last year.