India, April 18 -- Foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra will make a brief visit to Bangladesh this weekend to take stock of bilateral ties and prepare the grounds for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's trip to New Delhi, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Kwatra is set to meet his Bangladeshi counterpart Masud Bin Momen and foreign minister Hasan Mahmud during his day-long visit on April 20, the people said on condition of anonymity. The rapidly deteriorating situation in Myanmar, where the junta has suffered a string of defeats at the hands of resistance forces, is expected to figure in the meetings, the people said.

The foreign secretary will be the second senior official from the Indian side to visit Bangladesh since Hasina retu...