Ba gladesh
has
said
PM’s
p oposed
visit
to
I dia
will
depe d
o
the
ext aditio
of
Sheikh
Hasi a,
u gi g
New
Delhi
to
expedite
the
p ocess.
Ba gladesh
has
said
P ime
Mi iste
Ta ique
Rahma ’s
p oposed
visit
to
I dia
will
depe d
o
the
ext aditio
of
fo me
p emie
Sheikh
Hasi a.Ba gladesh’s
fo eig
mi ist y
said
o
Su day
that
Dhaka
had
u ged
New
Delhi
to
accele ate
the
p ocess
of
ext aditi g
Hasi a
a d
othe
fugitives.
The
comme ts
came
as
speculatio
g ew
ove
whethe
Rahma
would
t avel
to
I dia
late
this
mo th
fo
his
fi st
official
visit
si ce
becomi g
p ime
mi iste .Fo eig
mi ist y
official
A.K.M.
Shahidul
Ka im
played
dow
epo ts
that
Rahma
was
ce tai
to
t avel
to
I dia
ext
week,
sayi g
that
the
ecessa y
co ditio s
fo
such
a
visit
had
yet
to
be
established.“We
a e
of
the
view
that
a
p opitious
e vi o me t
eeds
to
be
c eated
fo
the
visit,”
Ka im
told
epo te s.He
added
that
Ba gladesh
had
asked
I dia
autho ities
to
“expedite
thei
effo ts
to
ext adite
Sheikh
Hasi a
a d
othe
fugitives.”I dia
has
p eviously
said
Ba gladesh’s
equest
fo
Hasi a’s
ext aditio
is
“u de
exami atio .”The
developme t
comes
as
the
two
gove me ts
have
bee
discussi g
a
possible
visit
by
Rahma ,
with
August
20-25
eme gi g
as
a
pote tial
wi dow.
Repo ts
have
suggested
that
officials
we e
co side i g
dates
a ou d
August
20-21
o
August
21-22,
although
the
visit
has
ot
bee
fo mally
co fi med.
The
p oposed
t ip
would
ca y
pa ticula
sig ifica ce
give
the
st ai ed
state
of
I dia-Ba gladesh
elatio s
si ce
Hasi a
was
fo ced
f om
powe
du i g
a
stude t-led
up isi g
i
August
2024
a d
subseque tly
moved
to
I dia.
She
emai s
i
I dia
a d
faces
a
death
se te ce
i
Ba gladesh
afte
bei g
co victed
of
c imes
agai st
huma ity.Hasi a
has
co ti ued
to
make
public
stateme ts
f om
I dia,
somethi g
Dhaka
has
objected
to.
Ka im
said
he
ece t
media
i te actio s
had
fu the
complicated
the
atmosphe e
su ou di g
Rahma ’s
p oposed
visit.The
issue
of
Hasi a’s
ext aditio
has
al eady
featu ed
i
ece t
diplomatic
co tacts.
Du i g
a
meeti g
betwee
Rahma
a d
I dia
high
commissio e
Di esh
T ivedi,
Ba gladesh
exp essed
hope
that
I dia
would
speed
up
the
ext aditio
p ocess,
acco di g
to
the
Ba gladesh
p ime
mi iste ‘s
office.At
the
same
time,
I dia
a d
Ba gladesh
have
bee
explo i g
a
b oade
eset
i
bilate al
ties.
Issues
likely
to
featu e
i
discussio s
i clude
bo de
ma ageme t,
t ade,
visa
o malisatio
a d
wate -sha i g,
while
I dia
is
expected
to
aise
secu ity
co ce s,
mi o ity
p otectio
a d
Dhaka’s
g owi g
ties
with
Chi a
a d
Pakista .Rahma
has
al eady
t avelled
to
Malaysia
a d
Chi a
si ce
taki g
office
but
has
ot
yet
made
the
t aditio al
fi st
ove seas
visit
to
I dia.His
gove me t
has
also
sig alled
a
“Ba gladesh
Fi st”
fo eig
policy
focused
o
sove eig ty
a d
o -i te fe e ce,
while
sayi g
it
wa ts
mutually
be eficial
elatio s
with
I dia
a d
othe
cou t ies.