Pakistan-Bangladesh
Issues related to 1971 war should be settled, Muhammad Yunus tells Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus met Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif in Cairo when he said the issues related to the 1971 war should be settled in order to deepen ties between the two nations.
Bangladesh earned its freedom from Pakistan at the end of the liberation war in 1971.
The new nation was formed at the end of a war between two arch-rivals India and Pakistan.
"The issues have kept coming again and again. Let's settle those issues for us to move forward," Yunus told Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as quoted by Dhaka Tribune.
During the meeting, Sharif said the 1974 tripartite agreement involving Bangladesh, Pakistan and India settled things, but if there are other outstanding issues, he would be happy to look at them.
Yunus said: "It would be nice to resolve things once and for all for the future generations."
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the D8 Summit.
"We are really looking forward to strengthening our relationship with our brother-in-country Bangladesh," Sharif was quoted as saying by Dhaka Tribune.
Muhammad Yunus came to power on August 8 and took charge of the interim government after the fall of former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5 amid severe protests against her regime.
Hasina fled to neighbouring India.
Ever since Yunus took charge of the nation, Bangladesh has been witnessing a spike in atrocities against Hindu community members.
The relationship between India and Bangladesh has touched new low points during his regime.
Statues and other memorials of Sheikh Hasina's father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, architect of independent Bangladesh, were targeted and vandalised since the fall fo the former Awami League-led government in the face of a protest which initially commenced against a job quota but soon spiralled into a massive movement against the former PM.
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