Bangladesh
Bangladesh-India Meeting The Bangladesh-India Foreign Secretary meeting will not discuss the vote issue
Own Correspondent, Dhaka, 21 November 2023: Bangladesh and India Foreign Secretary level meeting will be held in New Delhi later this week. Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen said that there will be no political discussion in that meeting. He thinks that Bangladesh elections will not be discussed in the meeting.
The foreign minister said this while talking to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. Journalists want to know whether there will be political discussions in the meeting between the foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India.
In response, the foreign minister said, "I don't think so. The political discussion has already taken place. There will be no discussion about politics. We do foreign office consultation with many countries. It is our FOC. Routine matter."
"There are various issues with the neighboring countries. We talk about the various issues that we have here. It is a routine matter."
When asked whether there will be a discussion on the election, he said, "There will be no discussion on the election. Other issues of the mitigority will be discussed. India wants peace and stability in the region, and so do we. They want the democratic process in Bangladesh to be maintained. In the democratic system, there should be no without any kind of ebb and flow."
Foreign Secretary Masood Bin Momen will sit in a joint consultative meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra in New Delhi on November 24.
Diplomatic sources say that the Foreign Secretary's visit to New Delhi ahead of the 12th National Assembly elections is very important for political reasons. The meeting will discuss the overall issue of relations between the two countries. Among the issues expected to be resolved at the Momen-Kwatra meeting are water distribution; In particular, the Teesta issue and defense, energy, trade, electricity and border management can be discussed. Apart from this, there will be a possibility of the election of Bangladesh on political issues.
Recently, the issue of Bangladesh elections was discussed in the meeting of defense and foreign ministers of India and the United States in New Delhi. In that meeting, Washington was informed by New Delhi that how the elections will be held is an internal matter of Bangladesh. However, Washington has not yet openly commented on New Delhi's position on Bangladesh. But it has already become clear that Washington does not agree with New Delhi about the election of Bangladesh.
