Hasina accepts Modi's invitation to visit India

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accepted Narendra Modi's invitation to visit India and programme elements and dates are being worked out, External Affairs Ministry said today.

"Prime Minister Modi has extended an invitation to Bangladesh Prime Minister Hasina to visit India and the invitation has been accepted. Details of the visit, including the dates and programme elements, are still being worked out by the ministry with the Bangladeshi High Commission in New Delhi as well as the Bangladeshi authorities in Dhaka.

"As always, these matters are being discussed in a spirit of friendship," MEA Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.

The Ministry also dismissed as "imaginative" the contents of media reports regarding the issue.