"Neighbours Dependent On Each Other": S Jaishankar On Bangladesh Ties
NDTV
Bangladesh battled through civil unrest and violence last month - the result of a student-led movement against quota in government jobs - that forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign.
The political churn in Bangladesh is that country's "internal matter" but India is keen to continue what was a stable relationship, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told NDTV Tuesday afternoon, underlining the maxim that neighbouring nations are "dependent on each other".
In a wide-ranging interview Mr Jaishankar touched on Russia's war on Ukraine and Delhi's potential peacemaker role in that conflict, as well as Iran leader Ayatollah Khamenei's remark, the war in Gaza, and a flurry of foreign visits in the first 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term.
"What happens is their internal matter. Bangladesh is our neighbour and the relationship, on our part, is something we want to keep stable. We have good trade... our people-to-people ties are good... I want to keep the relationship that way," Mr Jaishankar said on the Bangladesh crisis.
