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Tarique Rahman’s India Visit Could Boost Bilateral Ties: Ex-Diplomat


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  • Fo me
    diplomat
    exp essed
    optimism
    fo
    Ba gladesh
    PM
    Rahma ‘s
    I dia
    visit.
  • Talks
    aim
    to
    esolve
    Tista,
    Rohi gya,
    a d
    ext aditio
    equests.
  • Visit
    p og ess
    stalled
    by
    ex-PM
    Hasi a’s
    ece t
    Delhi
    visit.

& bsp;Fo me
se io
diplomat
Vidya
Bhusha
So i
o
Mo day
exp essed
optimism
as
discussio s
emai
u de way
fo
a
visit
by
Ba gladesh
P ime
Mi iste
Ta ique
Rahma
to
I dia,
oti g
that
his
visit
could
ope
a
ew
wi dow
of
oppo tu ity
fo
st e gthe i g
I dia-Ba gladesh
ties
a d
esolvi g
lo g-pe di g
bilate al
issues.

I
a
i te view
to
ANI,
So i
said,
“I
am
hopeful.
The e
a e
lot
of
pe di g
issues
to
be
so ted
out.
The e’s
the
Tista
Rive
issue,
which
is
ve y
vital.
We
had
ag eed
o
most
of
the
thi gs
but
late
o
some
fi e
poi ts
we e
missed
out…
I
thi k
Ba gladesh
is
also
equally
kee
o
Rohi gya’s
efugee
issues.
They
wa t
I dia
to
play
a
mo e
active
ole.
I dia
ca ot
do
a ythi g
else
except
as
a
active
ole
as
a
i te locuto
with
Mya ma
autho ities,
because
Mya ma
autho ities
ca
liste
to
I dia.
A d
that’s
what
I
thi k
Ba gladesh
side
is
kee
that
with
that
oppo tu ity,
that
wi dow
ope i g,
to
equest
I dia
to
use
its
good
offices
o
so ti g
those
out.”

So i
exp essed
optimism
i
the
ew
leade ship
with
Ta ique
Rahma
as
the
PM,
addi g,
“I
thi k
Ta iq
is
co side ably
mo e
ope
pe so ….
He’s
ot
a ti
I dia
a d
he
has
ot
made
a
si gle
stateme t
himself
that
ca
be
att ibuted
to
be
agai st
I dia.
So
I dia
is
ca efully
t yi g
to
ope
that
wi dow
of
oppo tu ity.”

“Despite
all
that
has
bee
said,
but
these
a e
the
political
stateme ts
made
by
official
spokesme
o
eithe
side.
But
politicia s
have
ot
spoke .
So
I
have
a
feeli g
that
so
fa ,
the e
is
a
cha ce
of
his
comi g.
I’m
ve y
optimistic
about
it,”
he
told
ANI.

So i
fu the
a gued
that
the
cu e t
oppo tu ity
fo
I dia-Ba gladesh
e gageme t
should
ot
be
allowed
to
slip
away.“If
he
does ‘t
come,
that
wi dow
of
oppo tu ity
will
be
go e.
The
cha el
will
ot
be
ope
fo
a
lo g
time–
that
oppo tu ity,
eithe
they
o
do
we
wa t
to
be
missed.
So
I’m
quite
hopeful.”

His
ema ks
come
as
officials
f om
New
Delhi
a d
Dhaka
emai
i
active
commu icatio
f om
seve al
weeks
ega di g
a
pote tial
bilate al
visit
by
P ime
Mi iste
Ta ique
Rahma
to
New
Delhi,
Ba gladesh
Fo eig
Mi ist y
spokespe so
Shahidul
Ka im
co fi med
o
Su day.

While
discussio s
ove
the
visit,
which
would
ma k
Rahma ‘s
fi st
t ip
to
I dia
si ce
assumi g
office
i
Feb ua y,
emai
o goi g,
Dhaka
emphasised
that
o
fi al
dates
have
bee
set
due
to
ece t
diplomatic
st ai s
followi g
a
ope
p ess
appea a ce
by
fo me
P ime
Mi iste
Sheikh
Hasi a
i
New
Delhi
o
August
5.

Dhaka
has
fo mally
u ged
I dia
autho ities
to
act
o
pe di g
ext aditio
equests
co ce i g
Sheikh
Hasi a,
who
was
co victed
by
Ba gladesh’s
I te atio al
C imes
T ibu al,
a d
to
ha d
ove
the
accused
i dividuals
i
the
mu de
of
Shaheed
Sha if
Osma
Hadi
u de
the
bilate al
ext aditio
t eaty.

I dia,
howeve ,
dista ced
itself
f om
Hasi a’s
e gageme t,
cla ifyi g
that
the
gove me t
had
o
i volveme t
i
the
eve t
i
the
atio al
capital.

Add essi g
a
media
b iefi g
ea lie ,
Mi ist y
of
Exte al
Affai s
(MEA)
spokespe so
Ra dhi
Jaiswal
st essed
that
the
eve t
was
bei g
o ga ised
by
a
“p ivate
media
e tity”
a d
that
New
Delhi
does
ot
e do se
a y
views
that
may
be
exp essed
the e.

“The
i te actio
you
efe
to
is
bei g
o ga ised
by
a
p ivate
media
e tity.
The
gove me t
has
o
i volveme t
whatsoeve
i
it.
Neithe
does
it
e do se
a y
views
that
may
be
exp essed
at
the
fo um,”
Jaiswal
said.& bsp;



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