Want to have strong people-to-people ties with India: Bangladesh
Dhaka, September 2
Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain on Monday said the interim government wants to see strong people-to-people ties with India, suggesting that this was lacking during the previous Sheikh Hasina regime.
“It’s possible to ease public dissatisfaction towards India. I believe we need to take correct bilateral steps to address this,” Hossain told reporters here.
He said while the ‘golden chapter’ of Bangladesh-India relations was apparent at the governmental level, it has not extended to the general public, the state-owned BSS news agency reported.
“We want to see strong people-to-people ties. The public should feel that there is a genuinely good relationship between Bangladesh and India, but unfortunately, this aspect has been lacking,” he said.
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