Staff Correspondent
Adviser Md Touhid Hosain said resently Dhaka would like to maintain working relations with New Delhi
by removing the ongoing tension between the two neighboring countries.
“We must try to maintain a working relation between Dhaka and New Delhi,” he told newsmen at the
foreign ministry here while revealing about the bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart S
Jaishankar on the sideline of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Hossain said he believed that it is possible to advance the Dhaka-New Delhi bilateral relations. "Sorting
out of all issues, we want to further advance our relationship based on mutual respect and fairness," he
said.
Acknowledging the current strain between the two nations, Hossain said, “We must recognize the
tension. If we don't address the problems, we won’t be able to resolve them.”
Responding to a question about potential meeting between Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus and
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of UNGA, he clarified that no meeting would take
place as Modi is set to leave New York before Prof. Yunus arrives.
When asked if the absence of the meeting was linked to comments made by the interim government
and reported in Indian media, Hossain downplayed the suggestion and said top Indian leaders have
made comments in the past too but that is not something that prevents the leaders from holding
meetings.
"There may also be cases when Bangladesh does not like many comments from India. This is not a major
issue. We cannot change our neighbours but can only coexist with good relationship," he observed.
Hossain revealed that Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus will depart for New York on September
23 to attend the 79th UNGA while he is scheduled to deliver his speech at the high-level General Debate
on September 27.
The Chief Adviser is expected to provide an account of the unprecedented mass uprising in Bangladesh
over the past two months and express his firm commitment to building a people-centric, welfare-
oriented, and equitable state, he added.
Dhaka aims to maintain working relations with Delhi
