Mamata to visit Dhaka in Feb:Daily Sun

Mamata Benerjee West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benerjee is likely to visit Dhaka on a three-day official tour during February 19-21. Her visit assumes significance in the backdrop of her steadfast opposition to the Teesta water-sharing treaty between the two countries and reservation against the Land Boundary Agreement. The Bangladesh government on the occasion of International Mother Language
Day invited Mamata Banerjee to visit Dhaka. The invitation letter signed by Foreign Minister Abdul Hasan Mahmud Ali was handed over to Mamata by Bangladesh Ambassador to Kolkata Jaki Ahad on Monday. Mainul Kabir, Anuaril Islam and Mofakkarul Iqbal, top three high officials of the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata were also present on the occasion along with West Bengal Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee, and Firhad Hakim, Minister of Department of Municipal Affairs and Urban Development. The Bangladesh Ambassador to Kolkata held an hour-long meeting with Mamata. During the meeting, Mamata Banerjee praised Bangladesh�s role for recognition Bangla as an international language. Mofakkar Iqbal, Press Secretary of the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata, said, �We invited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to visit in Dhaka. She agreed to visit Dhaka during February 19-21. Diplomatic experts have termed Mamata Banerjee�s visit to Dhaka a significant one. Earlier, President Abdul Hamid, during his recent visit to India, also invited Mamata Banerjee verbally while attending a dinner hosted by the West Bengal government. Few days ago, the West Bengal Chief Minister invited Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner and his wife in Kolkata to enjoy a �Jatra� function, during which they discussed various issues of bilateral interest. Sources in Trinamool Congress said Mamata Banerjee expressed her keen interest to visit Dhaka. Recently, a Bangladesh parliamentary team visited Kolkata. During a view-exchange meeting with the parliamentary team from Dhaka, Mamata expressed her interest to visit Bangladesh. She also expressed frustration over the Teesta deal issue, saying that despite having willingness, she could not sign the deal due to central government�s opposition. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to visit Dhaka this year. During his visit, Modi is likely to offer his government�s move to settle some long-standing issues including the implementation of the enclave exchange treaty.