Online Desk: Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra today called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka and reaffirmed his country’s support for wider and deeper development and economic partnership with Bangladesh. “Foreign Secretary @AmbVMKwatra paid a courtesy call on Hon’ble Prime Minister H.E Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka. FS conveyed warm wishes of PM @narendramodi to PM H.E Sheikh Hasina and reaffirmed India’s support for wider and deeper development & economic partnership with Bangladesh,” the Indian High Commission in Dhaka tweeted.

Kwatra reached Dhaka Tuesday evening from Kathmandu on a two-day visit. Earlier in the day, the Indian foreign secretary held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Masud Bin Momen, reports The Hindu. During the meeting, both sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral partnership including political, security, trade, investment, defence, connectivity, water, power and sub-regional cooperation,” the Indian mission tweeted.

They also agreed to maintain close engagement in the context of Bangladesh’s participation as a guest country during India’s G20 Presidency, the report said. This is Kwatra’s maiden visit to Bangladesh after assuming charge as the foreign secretary on May 1 last year.