Referring to Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s recent remarks, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said he does not in any way think that there is any apprehension of war between Bangladesh and India.
“We do not want to show any reaction. We have to understand whether he (Rajnath) has said this for the consumption of his own country or not,” he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The adviser said he was more surprised than concerned by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s recent remarks.
He said the way he (Rajnath) says it, it is like beating around the bush. “I do not see any reason for India’s war preparations for the war in Ukraine. I don’t understand what the problem of Hamas has to do with it, and how it compares with Ukraine and Hamas with Bangladesh. We will look into why he said this.”
When asked whether the Indian defence minister’s statement was a threat to Bangladesh or not, the foreign adviser said, “I still think that he (Rajnath) said it for internal consumption. So I don’t want to speculate on that. We will definitely see what is happening and why it’s happening.”
Asked about former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s political asylum, Hossain said normally any country can give political asylum to anyone. “We will see (if that happens).”
