External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Dhaka, Bangladesh to attend the funeral of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaled Zia. The funeral will take place on Wednesday, December 31.
Khaleda Zia, who played a major role in restoring democracy after a period of tumultuous military rule and dominated the country’s politics for decades, died on Tuesday, December 30, after a long illness.
An official statement said Jaishankar will represent the government and people of India at the funeral of Khaleda Zia, the former prime minister of Bangladesh and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Accordingly, he will visit Dhaka on December 31.
