New Delhi: Bangladesh’s request for a gathering between its interim authorities’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the upcoming BIMSTEC Summit is into consideration, Exterior Affairs minister S Jaishankar is learnt to have advised a Parliamentary panel assembly right here.
At this yr’s first assembly of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for Exterior Affairs on Saturday, a number of MPs raised considerations on assaults on Hindus in Bangladesh, asking what steps was India taking on this regard, sources mentioned.
They mentioned Jaishankar knowledgeable the members that the interim authorities in Dhaka has claimed that the assaults on Hindus had been “politically motivated” and never “minority focused”. Jaishankar briefed the MPs on ties with Bangladesh, the Maldives, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. He mentioned he would discuss Pakistan and China individually at a later date.
Jaishankar was additionally learnt to have advised the assembly that SAARC was inactive due to Pakistan’s method and thus India is attempting to strengthen BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Financial Cooperation).
He indicated that Prime Minister Modi might attend the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok from April 2 to four in Thailand, however didn’t verify the go to on the assembly, the sources mentioned. He additionally knowledgeable the assembly that Prime Minister Modi would go to Sri Lanka subsequent month.
Requested whether or not Modi is predicted to fulfill Yunus and maintain bilaterals with him on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit, Jaishankar remained non-committal saying it’s into consideration, the sources mentioned.
A number of MPs together with Ok C Venugopal, Manish Tewari (each Congress), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiv Sena-UBT) and Mukul Wasnik (Congress) raised the problem of focused killings of Hindus and what the federal government was doing to cease them.
Jaishankar mentioned the federal government was engaged with the interim dispensation in Bangladesh at varied ranges and the problem has been raised. The federal government would proceed to take action, he mentioned. Bangladesh remained the principle matter of dialogue with nearly all of the MPs participating on the problem. Some MPs together with these from the South raised the problem of fishermen’s livelihood and their issues with Sri Lanka.
A piece of the members additionally raised the problem of medication and arms being smuggled into the nation from each Pakistan and Myanmar, with the minister saying the federal government is seized of the matter and has been elevating the problem with the involved.
Earlier, International Secretary Vikram Mistry gave an in depth presentation on India’s relations with Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
