India, Bangladesh engage in saree diplomacy

Dhaka: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj presented a cream-coloured south silk saree to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who in return gifted the famous Bangladeshi Jamdani saree to the visiting Indian leader.
The External Affairs Minister gave the saree which was personally chosen by her for the Bangladeshi premier. Reciprocating the gesture, Hasina gifted the Jamdani saree to Swaraj.

This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shawl diplomacy.

After his swearing-in ceremony last month for which he had invited Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with other SAARC leaders, Modi had gifted a shawl to Sharif for his mother.

In a reciprocal gesture, Sharif gifted a saree for Modi’s mother.