DHAKA: Bangladesh needs good relations with Pakistan however not at the price of giving the impression that the horrors of 1971 have been forgotten, international affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain mentioned Tuesday of options that interim govt could also be eager to bury the hatchet.
“I feel relations shall be simpler in the event that they (Pak govt ) present the braveness to check with what occurred in 1971 and say that they’re looking for to apologise for it,” he mentioned whereas responding to a query on the ministry of international affairs.Hossain mentioned chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus assembly Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN Common Meeting in New York on Sept 25 did not imply all was forgotten.
“It was a courtesy assembly… Once we sit for a dialogue, we’ll elevate the tough points,” the international affairs adviser mentioned. “The present govt didn’t point out in any method that Bangladesh is prepared to construct good relations by setting apart 1971. What occurred in 1971 is all the time in our hearts.”
Bangladesh’s official place has all the time been that Pakistan ought to formally apologise for the atrocities perpetrated on unarmed Bengali-speaking folks in the course of the 1971 battle.
