&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "When two sides find common ground...': India's EAM Jaishankar responds as Bangladesh links Hasina's extradition to PM Rahman's visit")
India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday (Aug 22) said that the India-Bangladesh relationship can work if it meets the “test of mutual interest.” The statement comes after Dhaka linked Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s possible visit to New Delhi to the extradition of former premier Sheikh Hasina
In a session at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Jaishankar responded to a question on the Tarique Rahman government’s demand for extraditing Hasina by declining to go into the discussions between India and Bangladesh on this issue. He said that India does not expect its neighbours to only do what is in New Delhi’s interest, though bilateral relations work smoothly when the two sides find common ground. "What I can tell you is for any relationship to work, it has to meet the test of mutual interest. It has to work for them, it has to work for us,” he said. “I am also realistic, I’m not expecting neighbours to do only what’s in my interest. There has to be a fair degree, a reasonable degree of my recognising and respecting what is their interest, just as I expect them also to do so,” he added.
When the two sides find a “landing point” or “common ground”, the relationship works smoothly, Jaishankar said. “I would say this in respect of all neighbours, that [in] relationships, at the end of the day, there’s a mutuality which underpins that exercise,” he said.
India has invited Rahman for both a bilateral visit and to attend the upcoming BRICS Summit in his capacity as chair of the BIMSTEC grouping. Last week, during a courtesy call by India’s newly appointed High Commissioner to Dhaka, Dinesh Trivedi, on the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Humayun Kabir, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tejgaon, the said issue was raised.
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According to a Bangladesh foreign ministry statement, the adviser told the high commissioner that “Bangladesh expects India’s cooperation.." including Sheikh Hasina who "can use Indian territory to deliver political speeches or carry out any activities aimed at creating instability inside Bangladesh.” He warned that such activities “could harm the positive progress of bilateral relations.”
Hasina, who fled Bangladesh after her government was ousted in August 2024, is scheduled to address an event on 5 August at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club. Dhaka regards her as a fugitive and has previously pressed India not to allow her political activities from its soil. The Indian High Commissioner responded that he would “duly consider the matter, make the necessary inquiries, and remain vigilant on this issue,” the Bangladesh statement said.
