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The Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman arrived present connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026). This is the archetypal high-level bilateral sojourn from Bangladesh successful much than a year, though Mr. Rahman, who was National Security Advisor successful the interim government of that country, had travelled to Delhi successful November 2025 for a determination meeting.
Mr. Khalilur Rahman met India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval for meal connected Tuesday successful a commencement to his authoritative interactions. During his enactment here, from April 7 to April 9, Mr. Rahman is expected to clasp respective different meetings with apical officials of the Indian government, including his counterpart, Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
“India and Bangladesh stock lukewarm and historical ties anchored successful beardown people-to-people relations. The sojourn volition further bolster India-Bangladesh partnership,” the authoritative spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Randhir Jaiswal said, welcoming Mr. Khalilur Rahman, who is accompanied by Humayun Kobir, Foreign Affairs Advisor to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
Mr. Tarique Rahman was sworn to powerfulness connected February 17 aft helium led his party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), to a landslide triumph successful the February 12 election.
Mr. Khalilur Rahman and Mr. Kobir were received by B. Shyam, Joint Secretary of the MEA’s Bangladesh-Myanmar division, and the High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Riaz Hamidullah. Earlier, the MEA had announced the question advisory for Mr. Khalilur Rahman, informing that the sojourn would statesman connected Tuesday evening and reason connected Thursday (April 9, 2026) morning.
The sojourn is being interpreted arsenic peculiar arsenic this is the archetypal clip Delhi is hosting a Bangladesh Foreign Minister astatine Hyderabad House present aft the autumn of the Sheikh Hasina authorities connected August 5, 2024. Bilateral relations had turned acold during the interim government’s regularisation due to the fact that of Ms. Hasina’s continued beingness successful India, wherever she took refuge aft fleeing from Dhaka, and besides due to the fact that of threats to Indian missions and visa centres.
The plans for Mr. Khalilur Rahman’s sojourn were kept tightly guarded, with neither broadside having made the customary authoritative announcement. The MEA’s advisory, issued hours earlier the accomplishment of the dignitaries, described the sojourn arsenic “official”, whereas sources successful Dhaka person described the sojourn arsenic a “transit tour”. The caution astir the sojourn could originate chiefly due to the fact that from the information that India-Bangladesh ties are yet to beryllium normalised.
A luncheon gathering volition beryllium hosted for Mr. Khalilur Rahman astatine Hyderabad House connected Wednesday (April 8, 2026) by Mr. Jaishankar, followed by a gathering with Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal successful the day astatine Vanijya Bhavan. Later successful the day, Mr. Rahman volition conscionable Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri.
He volition permission for Mauritius connected Thursday morning, wherever helium volition be the Indian Ocean Conference being organised by the India Foundation, the Government of Mauritius, and the MEA. The Hindu had reported earlier that the 2 sides would sermon issues related to the sharing of the waters of the stream Ganga, vigor cooperation, and normalisation of visa processes which has been hampering commercialized and people-to-people contact. Prothom Alo, a starring Bangladesh daily, has reported that Mr. Khalilur Rahman would rise the request to extremity restrictive measures that India had placed betwixt April-June 2025, which affects Bangladesh’s apparel exports to its outer markets.
