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Hasina extradition demand stalls Bangladesh PM's India visit
Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's India visit is off after Dhaka linked it to Sheikh Hasina's extradition. Jaishankar said ties require mutual interest, but declined comment on the demand.
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's planned visit to India has been called off, with Dhaka linking the trip to the extradition of former premier Sheikh Hasina. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said Saturday that bilateral relations depend on meeting a "test of mutual interest," but declined to comment on the extradition request.
Jaishankar, speaking at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum, said India does not expect its neighbors to act only in New Delhi's interest. "What I can tell you is for any relationship to work, it has to meet the test of mutual interest," he said. "It has to work for them, it has to work for us."
Rahman had been invited for a bilateral visit and to attend the BRICS Summit as BIMSTEC chair. Plans for a trip next week were scrapped at the last minute, people familiar with the matter said. The two sides are now discussing a possible visit later this month or in early September.