Ta ique
Rahma
likely
to
visit
I dia
Ba gladesh
P ime
Mi iste
Ta ique
Rahma ’s
p oposed
visit
to
I dia
has
ot
yet
bee
fi alised,
with
the
timi g
depe de t
o
his
“schedule”
a d
the
“p og ess”
of
o goi g
bilate al
discussio s.”The
gove me t
is
positive
about
visits
to
all
cou t ies.
But
it
will
depe d
o
the
PM’s
schedule
a d
o
how
fa
discussio s
betwee
the
two
cou t ies
p og ess,”
state
mi iste
fo
fo eig
affai s
Shama
Obaed
Islam
said.”The
gove me t
is
busy,
a d
so
is
the
p ime
mi iste .
If
eve ythi g
fits
togethe ,
of
cou se
the e
will
be
a
visit
to
I dia,
a
visit
to
Japa ;
all
the
visits
will
happe ,”
she
said,
efe i g
to
o goi g
domestic
p og ammes
a d
upcomi g
co stitutio al
activities.I
Ap il,
Ba gladesh
fo eig
mi iste
Khalilu
Rahma
visited
I dia
as
pa t
of
effo ts
to
me d
st ai ed
bilate al
ties
followi g
mo e
tha
18
mo ths
of
heighte ed
diplomatic
te sio s.Ba gladesh
has
also
sought
the
ext aditio
of
fo me
p ime
mi iste
Sheikh
Hasi a.Exte al
affai s
mi ist y
spokespe so
Ra dhi
Jaiswal
said
o
Tuesday
that
I dia
has
exte ded
two
sepa ate
i vitatio s
to
Ba gladesh
P ime
Mi iste
Ta ique
Rahma
—
o e
fo
a
bilate al
visit
a d
a othe
to
atte d
the
out each
sessio
of
the
B ics
Summit
i
New
Delhi
i
Septembe .
“B ics
is
still
a
lo g
way
off.
A
lot
ca
happe
i
a
mo th,”
Shama
said.Asked
whethe
Rahma ’s
visit
to
I dia
could
help
ease
te sio s,
Shama
said
di ect
commu icatio
betwee
the
leade s
of
the
two
gove me ts
could
p ovide
a
oppo tu ity
to
discuss
a d
esolve
outsta di g
issues.”Whe eve
the
heads
of
two
cou t ies
talk,
the e
is
a
cha ce
of
esolvi g
ma y
p oblems.
That
oppo tu ity
is
the e;
it
emai s,”
she
said.Relatio s
betwee
I dia
a d
Ba gladesh
dete io ated
sha ply
afte
the
i te im
gove me t
led
by
Muhammad
Yu us
came
to
powe
followi g
the
fall
of
Sheikh
Hasi a’s
gove me t
i
August
2024.Effo ts
to
stabilise
ties
gai ed
mome tum
afte
Lok
Sabha
Speake
Om
Bi la,
accompa ied
by
fo eig
sec eta y
Vik am
Mis i,
ep ese ted
I dia
at
Ta ique
Rahma ’s
swea i g-i
ce emo y
i
Dhaka
o
Feb ua y
17.Rahma
assumed
office
as
p ime
mi iste
afte
his
pa ty
secu ed
a
la dslide
victo y
i
the
pa liame ta y
electio s.Ba gladesh’s
cu e t
gove me t,
led
by
Rahma ’s
Ba gladesh
Natio alist
Pa ty,
has
mai tai ed
that
Sheikh
Hasi a
must
su e de
a d
face
the
law
if
she
etu s
to
the
cou t y.Hasi a
ece tly
add essed
a
audio-o ly
vi tual
p ess
co fe e ce
f om
New
Delhi,
he
fi st
public
media
i te actio
si ce
fleei g
to
I dia
o
August
5,
2024,
amid
mass
p otests.Du i g
the
vi tual
p ess
co fe e ce,
Hasi a
said
she
was
dete mi ed
to
etu
to
Ba gladesh
i
Decembe
to
put
the
cou t y
o
the
” ight
t ack”
by
esto i g
democ acy,
despite
faci g
the
possibility
of
imp iso me t
o
a
death
se te ce.I dia
dista ced
itself
f om
Hasi a’s
media
i te actio ,
cla ifyi g
that
it
had
eithe
played
a
ole
i
o ga isi g
the
eve t
o
e do sed
he
ema ks
co ce i g
the
Ba gladesh
gove me t.