\u2022 Interim Bangladesh leader Yunus terms reactivating Saarc \u2018a top priority\u2019; Islamabad keen to enhance bilateral cooperation
\n\u2022 PM Shehbaz seeks Iran\u2019s support on BRICS membership; calls for more economic cooperation with Turkiye
\n\u2022 Stresses importance of ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon for global peace and stability<\/p>\n
ISLAMABAD: During a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the D-8 summit of developing nations in Cairo, the interim leader of Bangladesh on Thursday expressed the desire to resolve outstanding grievances from Dhaka\u2019s 1971 separation from Islamabad.<\/p>\n
The two countries were once one nation, but split following a bloody civil war, which saw the territory previously referred to as \u2018East Pakistan\u2019 seceding to form the independent nation of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe issues have kept coming again and again. Let\u2019s settle those issues for us to move forward,\u201d the AFP news agency quoted Dr Muhammad Yunus as telling PM Shehbaz, according to a statement from the former\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
In the years since the split, Dhaka\u2019s leaders \u2014 especially the recently ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina \u2014 stayed firmly in the Indian camp, preferring to maintain close ties with New Delhi and keeping Islamabad at arm\u2019s length.<\/p>\n
However, ever since a popular uprising that saw Hasina\u2019s government toppled in August, there has been a thaw in ties between the two capitals, with trade and bilateral relations seeing a marked improvement.<\/p>\n
It was in this spirit that PM Shehbaz, during a meeting with Dr Yunus, highlighted the historical, religious and cultural linkages between the two countries and expressed Pakistan\u2019s keen desire to enhance bilateral cooperation, particularly in the areas of trade, people-to-people contacts and cultural exchanges, a statement from the PM Office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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