Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammad Tauhid Hussain said on Saturday that Bangladesh has sent a message to India expressing its desire for positive relations, but stressed that it should be based on mutual interests.
He said that Bangladesh aims to build good relations with all countries based on respect and equality and the interim government is working towards this objective. Dhaka Tribune.
The adviser, who made this comment in two separate meetings with officials, journalists, politicians and intellectuals, said that the interim government is committed to implementing reforms to ensure fair governance, address people’s concerns, manage student movements and ensure fair elections. After these reforms, political power will be transferred to elected leaders, he said.
Indo-Bangladesh relations have soured since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the formation of an interim government in Dhaka led by Nobel laureate Mohammad.
The country has experienced widespread sectarian violence against minorities, particularly Hindus, which has strained Dhaka’s relations with New Delhi, the latter accusing the Yunus-led interim government of failing to take sufficient action and turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by radical Islamists. Groups against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.
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