India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has travelled to Delhi on an unscheduled visit and met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The meeting took place at around 1:00pm local time in Delhi on Tuesday.

According to diplomatic sources in Delhi, as cited by the BBC, Trivedi travelled to Delhi to convey Dhaka’s current position on a possible visit by Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to India, as well as various other bilateral issues.

Trivedi arrived in Delhi on a flight from Dhaka on Monday night.

However, neither the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh, India’s Ministry of External Affairs nor Prime Minister Modi’s Office has officially commented on the visit so far.

According to the BBC report, Trivedi is the first Indian ambassador to Bangladesh in the country’s 55-year post-independence history to have been appointed on political grounds, with his appointment finalised by the Prime Minister’s Office. As a result, when he visits Delhi, he usually meets Prime Minister Modi directly rather than reporting to the Ministry of External Affairs like career diplomats.

Talks between Bangladesh and India over a possible visit by Tarique Rahman had previously progressed considerably, but the visit has yet to take place.

Meanwhile, India has long kept Bangladesh’s request for the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pending. The issue remains a major source of discomfort in relations between the two countries.

There has also been no significant progress in negotiations between the two governments over the renewal of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty. The 30-year agreement, a key water-sharing pact between the two countries, is set to expire in December.

Source: BBC