DHAKA: Foreign Secretary of India Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar would visit Bangladesh soon as part of his visit to South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries with the view to strengthen ties with them.

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi discussed about the visit with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina over telephone in the morning.

He also twitted about the visit, saying, “Would be sending our new Foreign Secretary on a SAARC Yatra (visit) soon to further strengthen our ties”.

Earlier, Narendra Modi appointed former Indian ambassador to the U.S. Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as the foreign secretary of India in place of Sujata Singh.

Jaishankar, who took charges on January 30, earlier said that he will choose those issues first which will deserve priority to carry forward bilateral relationship with the SAARC countries.

BDST: 1924 HRS, FEB 13, 2015