Momen reached the Indian capital on Wednesday night on his maiden overseas trip after taking charge of the ministry. Joint Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs Vikram Doraiswami and Bangladesh High Commissioner in New Delhi Syed Muazzem Ali along with his spouse received the minister at the airport around 11pm. He is leading a delegation comprising secretaries to different ministries and divisions for the JCC where bilateral relations will be discussed. India has also rolled out three lines of credits for different projects of Bangladesh amounting to about $8 billion. Momen will also meet former Indian president and Bharat Ratna awardee Pranab Mukherjee at the latter’s residence in New Delhi during his three-day visit.

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2019 19:30 UTC