Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- A meeting between Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar is underway in Muscat, Oman on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference.

The Foreign Affairs Adviser on Sunday joined the Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat and shared stage with India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar along with Foreign Ministers of the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Oman, Iran and others.

"There is a possibility.....we expect that the meeting will be held," Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Rafiqul Alam told reporters at the weekly briefing recently.

Earlier, Foreign Adviser Hossain reached Muscat from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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