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Dhaka, Nov 12 (bdnews24.com)Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to Islamabad to attend the D-8 Summit has been cancelled, a senior government official confirmed bdnews24.com on Monday evening.
The decision came three days after Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar came to Dhaka to formally invite her. The government then had urged her that Pakistan offer unconditional apology for the genocide its troops had committed during Bangladesh's War of Independence in 1971.
However, the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for not being authorised to speak to the press, did not mention the reason for Hasina's not making the visit.
He added the Bangladesh delegation to the summit will be led by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni.
The eighth summit of the heads of state and government of the D-8 countries in Islamabad is scheduled to begin from Nov 22. The Developing 8 (D-8 or Developing Eight) is a group of developing countries with large Muslim populations, namely Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.
Hasina had first visited Pakistan back in 1999 in her first stint in office, since Bangladesh won it freedom from the oppression of the Pakistani rulers in 1971. She had embarked on tours to both Pakistan and India then to ease escalating tension between Bangladesh's two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Bangladesh-Pakistan bilateral engagement in the last four years has been limited during the term of the current government led by the Awami league, the party which led the nation's freedom struggle.
Bangladesh's Education and Commerce Ministers and Speaker visited Islamabad and Foreign Secretary-level official consultations were held in Nov 2010.
The most significant of the visits the leaders of the two countries have made so far has been Khar's Dhaka trip.
Foreign Minister Moni had placed last week Bangladesh's demand before Pakistan for an unconditional apology for the genocide of Bengalees that has been gathering force over the last 41 years.
During the meeting with Moni, Hina Rabbani Khar skirted the issue and responded by advising Bangladesh to look forward and forget the past.
Bangladesh emerged as an independent country after a bloody battle against Pakistan for nine months in 1971. At least three millions people were killed in the massacre by the Pakistani army during the war while more than 200,000 women were raped and murdered.
Following Khar's visit, Pakistan's influential daily Dawn in its editorial said Pakistan should apologise to Bangladesh for its role in 1971.
Dhaka, Nov 12 (bdnews24.com)Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to Islamabad to attend the D-8 Summit has been cancelled, a senior government official confirmed bdnews24.com on Monday evening.
The decision came three days after Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar came to Dhaka to formally invite her. The government then had urged her that Pakistan offer unconditional apology for the genocide its troops had committed during Bangladesh's War of Independence in 1971.
However, the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for not being authorised to speak to the press, did not mention the reason for Hasina's not making the visit.
He added the Bangladesh delegation to the summit will be led by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni.
The eighth summit of the heads of state and government of the D-8 countries in Islamabad is scheduled to begin from Nov 22. The Developing 8 (D-8 or Developing Eight) is a group of developing countries with large Muslim populations, namely Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.
Hasina had first visited Pakistan back in 1999 in her first stint in office, since Bangladesh won it freedom from the oppression of the Pakistani rulers in 1971. She had embarked on tours to both Pakistan and India then to ease escalating tension between Bangladesh's two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Bangladesh-Pakistan bilateral engagement in the last four years has been limited during the term of the current government led by the Awami league, the party which led the nation's freedom struggle.
Bangladesh's Education and Commerce Ministers and Speaker visited Islamabad and Foreign Secretary-level official consultations were held in Nov 2010.
The most significant of the visits the leaders of the two countries have made so far has been Khar's Dhaka trip.
Foreign Minister Moni had placed last week Bangladesh's demand before Pakistan for an unconditional apology for the genocide of Bengalees that has been gathering force over the last 41 years.
During the meeting with Moni, Hina Rabbani Khar skirted the issue and responded by advising Bangladesh to look forward and forget the past.
Bangladesh emerged as an independent country after a bloody battle against Pakistan for nine months in 1971. At least three millions people were killed in the massacre by the Pakistani army during the war while more than 200,000 women were raped and murdered.
Following Khar's visit, Pakistan's influential daily Dawn in its editorial said Pakistan should apologise to Bangladesh for its role in 1971.
