Seeking Clarity : Bangladesh Wants India To Make It’s Stand Clear On Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

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Bangladesh has sought clarification from India over its position on deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s planned press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, coinciding with the second anniversary of her government’s ouster, the junior foreign minister said .

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam also said that Hasina’s public political activities from Indian territory could have a negative impact on relations between the two countries.

Separately, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Foreign Affairs adviser Humaiun Kobir said Hasina’s planned public address from Indian soil could undermine the ‘positive momentum in bilateral relations’.

“Bangladesh wants India to make its position clear on the matter,” Shama said while addressing a media briefing. She added that Dhaka does not want the issue to undermine bilateral relations.

Kobir said Bangladesh expected India to debar Hasina or any individual related to her disbanded party and affiliated organisations from using Indian territory to deliver political statements or carry out activities aimed at creating instability inside Bangladesh, according to an official statement.

He made the comments when Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi paid a courtesy call on him.

‘The discussion focused on increasing people-centric cooperation between the two neighbouring countries, based on mutual interest and mutual benefit,’ the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said in a post on X.

The High Commissioner ‘reiterated India’s intent to work positively with the Government of Bangladesh to advance the developmental aspirations of the peoples of India and Bangladesh’, it added.