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India need not worry about Bangladesh-China ties: Sheikh Hasina
By
Madhuparna Das
, ET Bureau|
Feb 23, 2018, 08.21 AM IST
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Hasina (right) said Bangladesh and India shared "excellent" ties and the two countries have set an example in jointly solving problems.
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DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that India should not be worried about her country’s growing ties with China, which she said are restricted to the sphere of development.
“I have to take whatever funds come to Bangladesh for the purpose of development. This should not be a concern for India. Rather, I would say that India should also maintain cordial relationship with all its neighbours,” Hasina told a delegation of visiting Indian journalists on Tuesday. Seeking to allay India’s concerns over religious fundamentalism, Hasina said that her government will never allow “our soil to be used to launch terrorist activities in our neighbouring countries”.
“We have controlled terrorist activities in Bangladesh to a great extent,” she said. “If there is peace, the economy will thrive. I know that I carry a high threat perception for my stand against these outfits, but I do not care. Everybody has to die when time comes.”
The Bangladesh PM said that she hoped that the long-pending treaty on sharing Teesta river waters would be signed in the near future. “Every time we ask about Teesta waters, we are assured that it would happen soon. This time, we asked for water, we were given electricity,” Hasina said. “Teesta watersharing treaty is crucial for us, but we are dredging our rivers also. But now I can see that several excuses are being placed before us to avoid signing of Teesta water sharing agreement.”
The Awami League leader, who has maintained cordial relations with India whenever she has been at the helm, also assured that her party “will always continue to work for a free and fair election in Bangladesh”.
She said her government had no role in the recent verdict convicting the opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Begum Khaleda Zia in a decade-old corruption case, and said it has nothing to do if the opposition party voluntarily withdraws from the election process as it did the last time.
“There have been several efforts to oust the democratically elected government since 2015. Several people were burnt to death in several places. But the government controlled the violence. That was not a mass movement; that was pure terrorism,” the Bangladesh PM said. “In the last election, the BNP pulled out of the election. It was their choice. But it was a wrong decision. This time also, the government has nothing to do with the decision taken by the opposition parties.”
By
Madhuparna Das
, ET Bureau|
Feb 23, 2018, 08.21 AM IST
Read more at:
//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/63037906.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Hasina (right) said Bangladesh and India shared "excellent" ties and the two countries have set an example in jointly solving problems.
Read more at:
//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/63037906.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that India should not be worried about her country’s growing ties with China, which she said are restricted to the sphere of development.
“I have to take whatever funds come to Bangladesh for the purpose of development. This should not be a concern for India. Rather, I would say that India should also maintain cordial relationship with all its neighbours,” Hasina told a delegation of visiting Indian journalists on Tuesday. Seeking to allay India’s concerns over religious fundamentalism, Hasina said that her government will never allow “our soil to be used to launch terrorist activities in our neighbouring countries”.
“We have controlled terrorist activities in Bangladesh to a great extent,” she said. “If there is peace, the economy will thrive. I know that I carry a high threat perception for my stand against these outfits, but I do not care. Everybody has to die when time comes.”
The Bangladesh PM said that she hoped that the long-pending treaty on sharing Teesta river waters would be signed in the near future. “Every time we ask about Teesta waters, we are assured that it would happen soon. This time, we asked for water, we were given electricity,” Hasina said. “Teesta watersharing treaty is crucial for us, but we are dredging our rivers also. But now I can see that several excuses are being placed before us to avoid signing of Teesta water sharing agreement.”
The Awami League leader, who has maintained cordial relations with India whenever she has been at the helm, also assured that her party “will always continue to work for a free and fair election in Bangladesh”.
She said her government had no role in the recent verdict convicting the opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Begum Khaleda Zia in a decade-old corruption case, and said it has nothing to do if the opposition party voluntarily withdraws from the election process as it did the last time.
“There have been several efforts to oust the democratically elected government since 2015. Several people were burnt to death in several places. But the government controlled the violence. That was not a mass movement; that was pure terrorism,” the Bangladesh PM said. “In the last election, the BNP pulled out of the election. It was their choice. But it was a wrong decision. This time also, the government has nothing to do with the decision taken by the opposition parties.”
