India, Bangladesh share warm ties

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman arrived on Tuesday.

This is the first high-level bilateral visit from Bangladesh in more than a year, although Mr. Rahman, who was the National Security Advisor in that country’s interim government, had traveled to Delhi in November 2025 for a regional meeting.

Mr. Khalilur Rahman met India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, for dinner on Tuesday, marking the start of his official interactions. During his stay here, from April 7 to April 9, Mr. Rahman is expected to hold several other meetings with top officials of the Indian government, including his counterpart, Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

“India and Bangladesh share warm and historic ties anchored in strong people-to-people relations. The visit will further bolster India-Bangladesh partnership,” the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Randhir Jaiswal, said, welcoming Mr. Khalilur Rahman, who is accompanied by Humayun Kobir, Foreign Affairs Advisor to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Mr. Tarique Rahman was sworn in on Feb. 17 after leading his party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to a landslide victory in the Feb. 12 election.