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Bangladesh’s NSA Khalilur Rahman met India’s NSA Ajit Doval in Delhi on Wednesday and invited him to visit Dhaka, the first high-level talks between the two officials after the death sentence to former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh’s NSA Khalilur Rahman met India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Delhi on Wednesday and invited him to visit Dhaka, the first high-level conversation between the two officials after the death sentence to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India.
Rehman arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, a day earlier than planned, ahead of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) meeting called by Doval on November 20.
Both sides remained tight-lipped about any bilateral discussions during Rahman’s originally scheduled visit. He was to attend a dinner hosted by Doval on Wednesday, attend CSC on Thursday and then return to Dhaka.
“The Bangladesh delegation to the seventh NSA-level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) led by National Security Advisor Dr Khalilur Rahman met India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his team in (New) Delhi today. They discussed the work of the CSC and key bilateral issues.” impression A statement published by the Bangladesh High Commission in India was cited.
Rahman is only the second senior official of Bangladesh’s interim government to visit New Delhi after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024. His visit came just 48 hours after Hasina was sentenced to death by the International Criminal Tribunal-Bangladesh (ICT-B) for “crimes against humanity”.
Hasina’s sentencing relates to cases related to her government’s efforts to suppress student protests in Bangladesh between June and August 2024. His Home Minister, Asaduzzaman Kamal Khan, was also sentenced to death by the ICT-B. Hasina fled Dhaka on August 5, 2024 and has been in New Delhi since then.
On Monday, Dhaka formally appealed to India for his return and declared that any country providing him asylum was an “act of intolerance and disregard for justice”.
While the two countries have an extradition treaty, questions have been raised over the trial process.
Despite strained political relations since Hasina’s ouster, many bilateral activities between India and Bangladesh are going on as usual.
with inputs from agencies
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