Bangladesh Seeks India's Help to Revive SAARC

Feb 18, 2025 Khushi Kumari

Bangladesh's newly formed interim government, headed by Muhammad Yunus, is pressing for the revival of SAARC

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SAARC has been suspended for a very long time owing to the India-Pakistan standoff

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Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Touhid Hossain, appealed to India to support the revival of SAARC

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Hossain met with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at a multilateral meeting in Muscat

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Jaishankar did not refer to SAARC in his tweet regarding the meeting. Rather, Jaishankar spoke of bilateral relations and BIMSTEC in his statement

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