Pranab Mukherjee due on May 6
Lok Sabha speaker also due on May 23 on five-day visit
New Delhi, Apr 23 (UNB) - Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is set to visit Dhaka on May 6 for the final lap of Tagore's 150th birth anniversary celebrations, says a Hindustan Times report.
During his day-long visit, Mukherjee will also have an exclusive meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “The talks assume significance in light of the fact that this will be the first major visit of an Indian minister - no less than Mukherjee, the de facto number two in the cabinet, after the Prime Minister's Bangladesh tour in September 2011,” the report says.
It says soon after Mukherjee's visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh's foreign minister Dipu Moni will come to Delhi to participate in the closing ceremony of Tagore's 150th birth anniversary celebrations. “New Delhi is also keen on utilising the 90th anniversary of Bidrohi's publication to give a further push to the cultural ties between the two nations.”
According to the report, Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar will travel to Bangladesh on a five-day tour from May 23, soon after parliament's budget session closes on May 22. She will participate in the joint inauguration of the commemorative function of ‘Bidrohi’ in Dhaka.
She is also expected to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other top ministers and travel to other cities.
Though a section of the UPA wants to ink the long-pending Teesta accord at the earliest, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is yet to give the green signal in this regard. New Delhi is also keen on getting transit rights from Bangladesh, which would benefit the north-eastern states.
Dhaka, however, is yet to finalise the process, the report adds.
It says the UPA government is eyeing the historically-important month of May for a major cultural diplomatic initiative with Dhaka, so the momentum in bilateral relations between the two countries could be sustained.
During his day-long visit, Mukherjee will also have an exclusive meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “The talks assume significance in light of the fact that this will be the first major visit of an Indian minister - no less than Mukherjee, the de facto number two in the cabinet, after the Prime Minister's Bangladesh tour in September 2011,” the report says.
It says soon after Mukherjee's visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh's foreign minister Dipu Moni will come to Delhi to participate in the closing ceremony of Tagore's 150th birth anniversary celebrations. “New Delhi is also keen on utilising the 90th anniversary of Bidrohi's publication to give a further push to the cultural ties between the two nations.”
According to the report, Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar will travel to Bangladesh on a five-day tour from May 23, soon after parliament's budget session closes on May 22. She will participate in the joint inauguration of the commemorative function of ‘Bidrohi’ in Dhaka.
She is also expected to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other top ministers and travel to other cities.
Though a section of the UPA wants to ink the long-pending Teesta accord at the earliest, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is yet to give the green signal in this regard. New Delhi is also keen on getting transit rights from Bangladesh, which would benefit the north-eastern states.
Dhaka, however, is yet to finalise the process, the report adds.
It says the UPA government is eyeing the historically-important month of May for a major cultural diplomatic initiative with Dhaka, so the momentum in bilateral relations between the two countries could be sustained.
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