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Bangladesh interim government’s concern advisor Salehuddin Ahmed connected Tuesday said Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has taken steps to easiness strained ties with New Delhi portion his medication was moving to make economical relations with India by separating economical interests from "political rhetoric."
“The Chief Adviser is moving to amended diplomatic relations with India, and helium himself has besides been speaking to assorted stakeholders connected the issue,” helium told reporters aft a gathering of the Advisers Council Committee connected Government Purchase astatine his office.
Asked if Mr. Yunus straight spoke to India, Mr. Ahmed said the main advisor "has not" but helium did talk to those associated with the matter.
"Our commercialized argumentation is not driven by governmental considerations. If importing atom from India is cheaper than sourcing it from Vietnam oregon elsewhere, past it makes economical consciousness to bargain the staple from India," helium said.
The adviser, an economist, however, expressed optimism that bilateral relations would not diminution further.
Mr. Ahmed said Bangladesh connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) approved a connection to acquisition 50,000 tonnes of atom from India, "as a means to question bully relations."
He said importing this atom would payment Bangladesh, arsenic sourcing atom from Vietnam, a large alternative, alternatively of India, would outgo BDT 10 ($0.082) much per kilogram.
Mr. Ahmed's comments came arsenic diplomatic analysts said the Dhaka-New Delhi narration was present astatine its lowest ebb since Bangladesh's 1971 Independence from Pakistan, with repeated summoning of their envoys successful some countries and protests successful beforehand of Bangladeshi and Indian missions successful some capitals and elsewhere successful the 2 countries.
But the advisor said, the concern has not reached specified a atrocious stage.
"From the outside, it whitethorn dependable similar galore things are happening...However, determination are immoderate statements that are hard to unopen out," Mr. Ahmed said.
Asked if "people oregon outer forces" were making anti-India statements, helium said, "We bash not privation immoderate bitterness betwixt the 2 nations. If anyone from extracurricular is trying to instigate problems that is not successful the involvement of either country." But, helium said, these incidents did not correspond the "national expression" and were alternatively "creating analyzable situations for Bangladesh."
