Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prashad Sharma Oli has invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the upcoming fourth BIMSTEC Summit to be held in Kathmandu later in August.
“Oli made the invitation when he talked over the phone with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last evening,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told at a media briefing on Sunday.
The press secretary said the Nepalese premier phoned her Bangladesh counterpart at 7:30pm and talked for nearly 10 minutes.
“He (Sharma) especially requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to join the BIMSTEC Summit,” Karim said.
The two leaders also exchanged greetings, he said.
The two-day Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is scheduled to begin on August 30 next.