The International Secretaries of India and Bangladesh met in Dhaka on Monday, marking the primary such assembly because the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August. International Secretary Vikram Misri reached Dhaka earlier within the day aboard an Indian Air Drive jet for a day-long go to.
Upon arrival, Misri engaged in one-on-one talks along with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Mohammad Jashim Uddin, earlier than the formal assembly with delegations from each nations.
A Bangladeshi international ministry official instructed the information company PTI, “The assembly between our international secretary Jashim Uddin and his counterpart Vikram Misri is going down as scheduled on the state visitor home Padma.”
The discussions are anticipated to handle a spread of bilateral points, significantly in mild of the strained ties following Hasina’s departure amid widespread protests. The state of affairs escalated additional as a consequence of current assaults on Hindus and the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, elevating issues in New Delhi.
Analysts predict that the talks will seemingly cowl the current violence in opposition to minorities and the harassment confronted by the Hindu neighborhood in Bangladesh, in addition to the assault on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala. Interim authorities head Mohammad Yunus stated that India might not have favoured the “revolution” that ousted what he termed a “fascist regime.” Members of his interim Cupboard prompt that Indian media had exaggerated the state of affairs relating to minority harassment. Dhaka maintains that the sporadic violence is a response in opposition to the leaders of the ousted Hasina regime, asserting that the harassment of Hindus is linked to their political affiliations fairly than their non secular id.
In September, a short assembly passed off between Bangladesh’s international affairs adviser Mohammad Touhid Hossain and Minister of Exterior Affairs S Jaishankar through the UN Normal Meeting. Misri can be scheduled to satisfy Hossain and pay a courtesy name on Yunus.
Hossain is optimistic about overcoming the stalemate, saying, “We count on we can overcome this deadlock. Establishing mutual communication and assembly one another is essential to beat any such stalemate.”
(With inputs from PTI)
