Dhaka, Nov 12 (bdnews24.com)—India's foreign secretary Nirupama Rao arrives Saturday on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, foreign secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes has said.

Rao was coming to prepare the ground for prime minister Sheikh Hasina's India visit from Dec 19, Quayes told bdnews24.com at his office Thursday.

The foreign secretary said his Indian counterpart would meet the prime minister, and foreign minister during her visit.

A spokesperson of the foreign minister's external publicity wing told bdnews24.com Thursday that Rao would also meet leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia.

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