Bangladesh and Pakistan in bid to ease tensions with first talks for 15 years
Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin (centre right) and Pakistan Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch (centre left) have a bilateral meeting in Dhaka, April 17, 2025
FOREIGN Ministry officials from Bangladesh’s interim government resumed talks with Pakistan on Thursday after a 15-year gap.
The meeting in Dhaka between Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Jashim Uddin and his counterpart, Amna Baloch, was described as a major step forward in easing strained relations between the two South Asian Muslim-majority nations.
Under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted in August, Bangladesh had expanded relations with neighbouring India.
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