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India invites Bangla PM to BRICS meet

New Delhi: India on Tuesday said it extended an invitation to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to attend the outreach session of the upcoming BRICS summit in New Delhi in his capacity as current chair of BIMSTEC.

India is hosting the annual BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13 that is expected to deliberate extensively on a number of pressing global challenges including the economic consequences of the West Asia crisis.

New Delhi’s confirmation on inviting Rahman came amid some fresh unease in ties between the two countries over former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s plan to hold a virtual media interaction in New Delhi on Wednesday.