New Delhi, June 18 : Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen, who arrived here earlier in the day, sent greetings to Heeraben Modi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, on the occasion of her 100th birthday and wished her good health and well being.

The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed a bouquet of red roses that was sent by the Foreign Minister to PM Modi’s mother.

In a tweet it said: “Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen, MP has sent greetings to Smt. Heeraben Modi, proud mother of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of her 100th birthday. FM Dr. Momen wishes her good health and well being.”

He arrived in the Indian capital to attend the 7th Meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) in New Delhi tomorrow, which will be co-chaired by him and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

This will be the first physical JCC meeting convened since the onset of Covid-19 pandemic, with the previous edition held virtually in 2020.

The JCC will review the entire gamut of bilateral relations, including cooperation in the wake of Covid-19, border management and security, trade and investment, connectivity, energy, water resources, development partnership and regional & multilateral issues, an official statement said.

Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson said:

“Warm greetings to FM Dr. AK Abdul Momen of Bangladesh @BDMOFA on his arrival in Delhi. He will co-chair the 7th Meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission with EAM @DrSJaishankar

tomorrow.”

He was received by Bangladesh High Commissioner to India and high officials from MEA of India.(UNI)