Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to New Delhi next month would definitely have “satisfactory outcomes”.

“We will certainly have outcomes. We can't have a visit of such magnitude without having outcomes. We are looking at deliverables,” he said without elaborating what would be the results, but stressed that they would be satisfactory.

The prime minister is expected to visit India from April 7 to 10, said a diplomatic source.

Talking to reporters after his meeting with Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque, he said Indian President Pranab Mukherjee had invited Hasina to stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan during her visit. “It's exceptional because no head of state normally stays at Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the envoy said.

Asked about his meeting with the foreign secretary, Shringla said they discussed various issues of mutual interest including preparatory aspects of the important visit.

When asked about India's proposed defence cooperation deal with Bangladesh, Shringla said, “Well, you tell me. You are telling me. I don't know.”

Whereas Indian media reported that India is pushing Bangladesh for signing a comprehensive framework defence agreement that encompasses training, sale of military hardware, and a wide range of military to military cooperation, India also offered a supplier line of credit of $500 million for purchase of defence hardware.

Asked about Hasina's recent comments that India's intelligence agency RAW helped BNP come to power in 2001, Shringla said, “I cannot make any comment on that. I am sorry.”

He said the dates of the visit would be announced shortly, though officials indicated that it may be in the first half of April.

Asked whether there would be any breakthrough on the Teesta water sharing deal, the envoy said, "We'll have to see what is possible and what is not possible.”

In another reply, he said, “cooperation in the Ganges barrage is very good and we have set up a joint technical level committee. We have shared terms of references and composition of the committee. So this is also work in progress”.

Foreign ministry officials earlier said during the visit, the prime minister would honour the Indian soldiers who fought for Bangladesh.