Touhid, Jaishankar meet in NY to discuss mutual interests

The Foreign Affairs Adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, Touhid Hossain, met with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New York, USA, to discuss issues of mutual interest. 

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session on Monday evening (local time).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh confirmed the meeting in a post on the social media platform X on Tuesday morning.

“Foreign Affairs Adviser, HE Md. Touhid Hossain and India External Affairs Minister, HE @DrSJaishankar, met at #UNGA79 sidelines and discussed issues of mutual interest between #Bangladesh|#India,” reads the post.

This was the first direct meeting between the high-level representatives of the two countries.

However, the Chief Adviser will hold a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the UNGA session in New York today. 

According to diplomatic sources, the meeting between the two leaders will take place at the United Nations headquarters at 11:30 am local time in New York.