Prime Minister welcomed at India's Rashtrapati Bhavan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was today accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Hasina. She was then accorded the ceremonial guard of honour.

The Bangladesh prime minister then went to memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at New Delhi's Raj Ghat to pay her respects.

In a special gesture on Friday, Modi personally received his Bangladeshi couterpart at the airport. Hasina is on a four-day official visit to India.

This is her first bilateral visit to India in seven years. She last visited the country in January 2010.

Modi and Hasina will hold a bilateral summit on Saturday following which over 20 agreements, including a civil nuclear and two memorandum of understanding (MoUs) on defence cooperation, were expected to be signed.

Source: jamunanews24