The sixth edition of the Indian Ocean Dialogue will be held on Friday and the Foreign Minister is likely to hold the meeting with his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the dialogue at a mutually convenient time.
The Foreign Minister will return to Dhaka on Saturday night, an official told UNB adding that he will leave for New Delhi at 3pm on Thursday.
Dr Momen accompanied Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her visit to New Delhi in October this year.
The Indian External Affairs Minister also visited here in August and had bilateral talks with his Bangladesh counterpart.
The IOD is part of Indian Ocean Rim Association's (IORA's) endeavours to enhance Indo-Pacific collaboration in maritime security, economic cooperation, disaster risk management, and blue economy, said an official.
The ministers and heads of delegation of the IORA Member States - Australia, Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Oman, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Yemen met in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the 19th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) on November 7 and discussed the importance of convening the sixth edition of the Indian Ocean Dialogue in New Delhi.
The IOD is a flagship initiative of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) with its origins in the 13th Council of Ministers meeting, held in November 2013 in Perth, Australia.
The first IOD was held in Kerala, India in 2014, and has been followed by two others to date: in Perth, Australia in 2015 and Padang, Indonesia in 2016, respectively.