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BSS, Dhaka

Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Dr Sheel Kanta Sarma will pay a three-day official visit to Bangladesh from April 29.

This will be the first visit of Dr Sarma since assumption of the office of secretary general of the eight nation grouping, an official source of the ministry of foreign affairs said yesterday. Dr Sarma will be accompanied by his wife.

During the visit he will pay a courtesy call on Chief adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed. He will also call on foreign adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury. He will meet foreign Secretary Touhid Hossain on April 30.

The foreign secretary will host a lunch in honour of SAARC Secretary general, which will be attended ,among others, by the ambassadors of the member countries.

During the visit the SAARC Secretary general will discuss the ongoing SAARC projects in different areas of regional cooperation.