India-Bangladesh in Bimstec: Bangladesh has contacted India amidst violence over minorities in the country and tension in relations with India. According to the ANI report, Bangladesh has approached India to hold a bilateral meeting between Mohammad Yunus and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in Bangkok in the first week of April.

Actually, leaders of both countries can attend the 6th BIMSTEC summit held in Bangkok from April 2 to 4. In view of this, Bangladesh has contacted to hold a meeting between the two leaders.

Bangladesh’s foreign affairs advisor made a statement

Talking to news agency ANI, Mohammad Tauhid Hussain, advisor for foreign affairs in the interim government of Bangladesh, said, “We have made diplomatic contact with India to hold a bilateral meeting between the leaders of the two countries during the BIMSTEC Summit.” At the same time, Mohammad Yunus, the chief advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, is likely to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 28 (Friday).

Mohammad Tauhid Hussain meeting with Indian Foreign Minister

According to the report, in February last month, Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Mohammad Tauhid Hussain at the Indian Ocean Conference held in Oman. Had a meeting with Jaishankar. External Affairs Minister S.K. Jaishankar had reported, “The meeting held between the two countries focused on bilateral relations and Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sector Technical and Economic Co-operation (BIMSTEC).”

S. Jaishankar wrote in a post on X, “I met Mohammad Tauhid Hussain, advisor to foreign affairs of the interim government of Bangladesh. During this time we discussed bilateral relations between the two countries.”

At the same time, Bangladesh Foreign Ministry also issued a statement regarding this. In the statement, the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said, “Discussions were held on various bilateral issues between the two sides keeping in mind the mutual concerns and interests.”

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