Dhaka: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia during his two-day visit to Bangladesh, says Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in a press briefing of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

The Foreign Secretary said Narendra Modi will meet Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid on the second day of his visit. After that he will meet other important personalities of the country including Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

S Jaishankar said after arriving in Dhaka on Saturday morning, Modi will visit National Martyrs Memorial and Bangabandhu Memorial Museum.

Earlier, on Friday, Bangladeshi Foreign Affairs Minister AH Mahmood Ali said, 'I think there is no scope of Narendra Modi’s meeting with Khaleda Zia.'  

The minister said Modi will meet his counterpart Sheikh Hasina and president Abdul Hamid during the two days visit.    

VIDEO of S Jaishankar's press briefing