Modi invites Hasina to visit India

Senior Correspondent: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina to pay a bilateral visit to India.

Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday handed over a letter of invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her bilateral visit to India in the first week of October.

Jaishankar handed over the invitation letter when he met her at her official residence Ganobhaban this afternoon.

Sheikh Hasina extended her thanks to Modi for the invitation and greeted him.

PM's press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.

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