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Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s overseas sojourn plans volition not interaction bilateral ties with India arsenic Dhaka-New Delhi narration has its ain dynamics and requirements that are important connected their own, said an authoritative root present connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026). The remarks from the authoritative came against the backdrop of reports that Mr. Rahman who came to powerfulness connected February 17 volition undertake his archetypal circular of overseas visits adjacent week that volition instrumentality him to Malaysia and China. Sources successful the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) person told The Hindu that Prime Minister Rahman is considering visiting India successful July, aft returning from the archetypal circular of overseas tours.
“Bangladesh’s narration with India cannot beryllium replaced by immoderate different country. We stock astir 4,000 km of borderline and nary 1 tin regenerate the enactment that India does for Bangladesh,” said a root emphasising that Delhi’s narration with Dhaka is autarkic of immoderate overseas visits by the enactment of Bangladesh. He further said that the 2 sides request to support affirmative momentum successful narration that volition assistance successful re-tracking the narration that has remained successful turmoil since the overthrow of the authorities of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina successful August 2024. Last weekend, the High Commissioner-designate of India Dinesh Trivedi reached Bangladesh done the onshore borderline successful West Bengal and called for resolving differences betwixt the 2 sides done dialogue.
Jamaat-e-Islami, the main absorption enactment successful the Bangladesh parliament, however, launched a bid of rallies successful Dhaka and Chittagong protesting against the remarks of Mr. Trivedi, arguing that the envoy had talked astir uniting Bangladesh with India. Talking to The Hindu, the authoritative root connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) blamed societal media for the contention and said, “He had referred to bringing the radical of the 2 countries person done dialogue.” Prime Minister Rahman is expected to instrumentality from China connected June 25 oregon 26 by erstwhile High Commissioner Trivedi is expected to settee successful his caller relation successful Dhaka, and that is expected to assistance successful formalising high-level talks betwixt the 2 sides.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sent an invitation missive to Prime Minister Rahman done Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri who, on with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, had participated successful Mr. Rahman’s swearing-in ceremonial successful Dhaka connected February 17. Mr. Rahman, however, has not been capable to sojourn Delhi truthful far, though his Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman and Special Adviser connected Foreign Affairs Humayun Kobir visited Delhi successful the 2nd week of April up of the Indian Ocean Conference successful Mauritius, wherever Mr. Rahman had participated successful the treatment alongside External Affairs Minister Jaishankar. Sources successful the Bangladesh Nationalist Party had told The Hindu earlier that Prime Minister Rahman’s plans to sojourn India would travel up soon aft helium returned from Malaysia and China. “A sojourn to India is decidedly connected the cards. It tin hap soon aft the China visit,” a root successful BNP had said.
