Overview
- The exchange occurred at the residence of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia during her state funeral in Dhaka.
- Photographs posted on X by Bangladesh’s interim chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, publicly documented the greeting.
- Officials described the interaction as limited to pleasantries, with no talks or negotiations reported.
- Jaishankar’s roughly four-hour visit included handing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s condolence letter to Tarique Rahman and meeting Bangladeshi officials.
- The moment comes after a freeze in high-level India–Pakistan contacts following their four-day conflict in May that ended under a US-brokered ceasefire.