DHAKA, 4 March, 2021 (TON): In order to prepare for PM Modi’s Dhaka visit, S Jaishankar, the external affairs minister of India, has arrived in Dhaka to prepare the ground.

On Thursday, at 10 in the morning, a special flight carrying the minister reached the Bangabandhu Air Base in Dhaka, where he was greeted by his counterpart AK Abdul Momen upon arrival.

The two ministers will hold a bilateral meeting at the state guest house the Padma at 12:15 pm. Jaishankar is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the afternoon.

At 5 pm, he will attend a function at Bharat Bhavan and will leave Dhaka afterward.

The two sides will discuss ways to take their partnership, especially in connectivity, forward beside the celebration, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam told the media on Wednesday.

The relations between the two countries have been seemingly getting deeper as India has recently allowed Bangladesh’s transports to travel to Bhutan and Nepal directly, and also, the sources said that the two will also discuss to cooperate on the ways to tackle the pandemic.