New Delhi, June 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with the visiting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Hyderabad House in the national capital on Saturday.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal said that PM Modi extended a warm welcome to his Bangladesh counterpart and said that the two leaders have met 10 times since 2019.

"Deepening India-Bangladesh Maitri! PM Narendra Modi extended a warm welcome to PM Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh at Hyderabad House ahead of their bilateral discussions. The two leaders have met each other ten times since 2019, making unprecedented transformations in the relationship," Jaiswal said in a post on X.

Hasina, the first foreign guest on a bilateral State visit to India after the formation of the Modi 3.0 government received a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan early this morning.

 (ANI)