‘New phase’: India eyes Bangladesh thaw with BNP after years of mistrust

In advance of elections in Bangladesh, India and the BNP are trying to reset historically strained ties. Will it work?

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New Delhi, India – Dressed in black for the occasion, India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met Tarique Rahman, son of the deceased former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, with sombre expressions on their faces.

Khaleda had passed away the previous day, on December 30, and Jaishankar was among a large group of regional leaders who had gathered in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, for her funeral.

‘New phase’: India eyes Bangladesh thaw with BNP after years of mistrust

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