Cairo:
Bangladesh’s interim chief Muhammad Yunus stated Thursday he had “agreed to strengthen relations” with Pakistan, a transfer prone to additional check his nation’s frosty relations with India.
Pakistan and Bangladesh have been as soon as one nation however break up in a brutal 1971 conflict, with Bangladesh then drawing nearer to Pakistan’s arch-rival India.
But Dhaka’s ties with New Delhi have frayed after a student-led revolution in August toppled chief Sheikh Hasina, who had the backing of India and now lives there in exile.
Yunus, who met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of a convention in Egypt, stated he wished to resolve excellent grievances from Dhaka’s 1971 bloody separation from Islamabad.
“The points have saved coming time and again,” Yunus instructed Sharif, in keeping with a press release from his workplace. “Let’s settle these points for us to maneuver ahead.”
Sharif stated he had a “heat and cordial change” with Yunus.
“Together, we reaffirmed our dedication to deepen bilateral and multilateral collaboration,” he stated on social media platform X.
Both males “agreed to strengthen relations between the 2 nations via elevated commerce, commerce, and change of sports activities and cultural delegations” in keeping with a press release from Yunus’ workplace.
In November, the primary cargo ship in a long time to sail straight from Pakistan to Bangladesh efficiently unloaded its containers within the port of Chittagong.
The leaders have been participating in a Cairo summit of eight Muslim-majority nations, the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation.
Yunus stated he was decided to revive the moribund eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) — largely stalled attributable to arguments between Islamabad and New Delhi.
“This is a high precedence,” Yunus instructed Sharif. “I desire a summit of SAARC leaders even when it is just for a photograph session, as a result of that may carry a robust message”.
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