All Dhaka, Delhi issues resolvable through talks: Indian envoy

Following meetings with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi has expressed optimism that all existing bilateral issues between Bangladesh and India can be resolved through mutual discussion.

The Indian envoy held the high-level meetings in Dhaka today (10 August). He met with Salahuddin at the Secretariat after calling on Tarique at the Prime Minister’s Office at 11am, according to a Facebook post by the BNP Media Cell.

The back-to-back meetings on the same day are being viewed as a continuation of renewed high-level engagements between the two neighbouring countries.

Talking to reporters after the meeting with Salahuddin, Trivedi praised the home minister’s demeanour and emphasised the shared aspirations of both nations.

He described it as an interaction from “people’s representative to people’s representative”. Although it was his first meeting with Salahuddin, the envoy remarked that it did not feel like their first encounter – describing the home minister as very good, humble, and down to earth.

Responding to queries regarding various bilateral issues between Bangladesh and India, Trivedi said, “If there are no issues, there will be no democracy. Issues will always be there.”

“There is no such issue that we cannot solve. I can confidently say that there is no issue we cannot sit down and settle,” he added.