Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain is likely to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Muscat next week, foreign ministry officials from Bangladesh said.

This bilateral meeting between the two leaders will be held on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference, according to the officials.

"Our Foreign Affairs Adviser will hold a bilateral meeting with the India External Affairs Minister in Muscat on February 16," a Bangladesh Foreign Ministry Official told ANI.

Jaishankar and Touhid met in September last year in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

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