A top adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government said on Monday that Sheikh Hasina’s stay in India after resigning from the post of Prime Minister will not have any impact on bilateral relations and Dhaka will always try to maintain good relations with New Delhi.
Bangladesh has been going through a period of violence for more than a week. So far more than 450 people have died.
According to news agency United News of Bangladesh, interim government’s foreign affairs adviser Mohammad Touhid Hussain made this remark when he was asked whether Hasina’s long stay in India would affect the bilateral relations between the two countries.
Hussain said, “This is a hypothetical question. If a person lives in a country, why will relations with that country be affected? There is no reason for this.”
76-year-old Hasina resigned as prime minister last week and left the country for India following massive protests against her government over the controversial job reservation system.
Hossain said bilateral relations are based on mutual interests. He said both sides – Bangladesh and India – have interests and they will focus on those interests.
Hussain said he would “always try to maintain good relations” with India. Earlier, he briefed diplomats posted in Dhaka, including Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma, about the current situation in Bangladesh and sought their support.
“We believe that all our friends and partners in the international community will stand with the interim government and our people as we move forward towards building a new future for Bangladesh,” Hussain told diplomats.
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