Jaishankar’s message, calling Bangladesh’s foreign affairs advisor’s claim ‘ridiculous’
A few days ago, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met with the Foreign Affairs Advisor of the Bangladeshi interim government, Towhid Hossain, in Muscat, the capital of Oman. Immediately after this meeting, he commented on some of the demands of the leaders of the Bangladeshi interim government as ‘ridiculous’.
He said these things about Bangladesh at a public meeting. NDTV reported.
S Jaishankar issued a warning, accusing Dhaka of continued unfriendly behavior towards New Delhi. He said, Dhaka must now decide what kind of relationship it wants with us.
Accusing Dhaka of duplicity, he further said, Bangladesh cannot blame India for its internal incidents and expect to have good relations with us at the same time.
The Indian Foreign Minister said, someone or the other in the Bangladeshi interim government is blaming India for all the incidents every day. Which is completely ridiculous. Again, they are talking about having good relations with India at the same time. So Dhaka will have to decide what it wants.
He further said that to move forward, they must decide what kind of relationship they want with New Delhi. Because we have a long history with Bangladesh. Which reminds us of the events of 1971.
Jaishankar said, ‘There are two aspects to the problem that our bilateral relations are facing. One of them is the communal attacks on minorities. Which is a very worrying issue for India. It is certainly affecting our thinking. We are always talking about this.
Earlier on Monday, Bangladesh will have to decide what kind of relationship it wants with India – in response to Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s statement, Md. Towhid Hossain, Foreign Affairs Advisor to the interim government, said, similarly, India will have to decide what kind of relationship it wants with Bangladesh. Instead of paying attention to what two or four people from the surroundings said or did not say, we should try to improve our relations.
Towhid Hossain said, He (Jaishankar) said, what kind of relationship Bangladesh wants; Bangladesh will have to decide that. Of course, Bangladesh will decide what kind of relationship it wants with India. Similarly, India will also have to decide what kind of relationship it wants with Bangladesh. There is nothing wrong in saying that this is a matter for both sides.
Regarding the government’s decision on relations with India, the advisor said, I think we have a clear decision on this. We want good working relations with India and there is a mutual respect and mutual interest. We have no ambiguity on this.
