Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud is scheduled to leave for New Delhi on February 7 to further strengthen India- Bangladesh relations. This will be his first bilateral visit after Sheikh Hasina entrusted him as Foreign Minister of Bangladesh in her new government.<br />''<br />''The Foreign Minister told reporters on Thursday at his office in Dhaka that he will visiting India at the invitation of Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar.<br />''<br />''Mahmud said that It's likely to be a three-day visit as the agenda of the visit is yet to be finalised. <br />''<br />''Upon media query whether he will have a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the visit, Mahmud said, "It is too early to say."<br />''<br />''Jaishankar, earlier, invited his Bangladesh counterpart Dr Hasan Mahmud to visit New Delhi at a mutually convenient time.<br />''<br />''Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma extended the invitation on behalf of the Indian External Affairs Minister on Monday.<br />''<br />''The Foreign Minister accepted the invitation and told him that he would visit Delhi soon, reports UNB.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The meeting with the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka marked Hasan Mahmud's first diplomatic engagement since assuming the office of foreign minister.</span><br />