Foreign Adviser likely to meet Indian counterpart on UNGA sidelines

Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain on Saturday said he is likely to hold a bilateral meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to advance the relationship.

"Sorting out all issues, we want to further advance our relationship based on mutual respect and fairness," Touhid Hossain said at a press briefing at the foreign ministry in the afternoon.

He mentioned that Chief Adviser Prof Muhummad Yunus will not be meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the latter will depart New York before Prof Yunus, with his 57-member delegation, arrives there for the UNGA.

The delegation will depart Dhaka on Tuesday, the foreign adviser said, adding that he will leave for the assembly on Sunday.

Asked if the meeting was not scheduled due to various statements made by the interim government, reported in India media, the adviser said, top Indian leaders have made comments in the past too but that is not something that prevents the leaders from holding meetings.