US EditionS Jaishankar Meets Pak Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka
S. Jaishankar and Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker exchanged brief diplomatic greetings at events surrounding Khaleda Zia's funeral, marking a rare cordial moment between the countries.
- On Wednesday, S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India, exchanged handshakes with Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, in Dhaka ahead of Khaleda Zia's funeral; it is not immediately known what they discussed.
- Begum Khaleda Zia died on Tuesday at age 80 after a prolonged illness and was laid to rest beside former president Ziaur Rahman, following her nomination for the February 12 elections filed a day earlier.
- Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, shared photographs of the Jaishankar–Sadiq greeting, while Jaishankar met Tarique Rahman and delivered a condolence message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- The diplomatic exchange between India and Pakistan in Dhaka stands out amid regional tensions, including recent hostilities in May and Bangladesh's ongoing minority rights issues, which Dhaka rejected.
- With the election calendar active, the funeral added immediate political urgency as Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the BNP, returned last week after 17 years abroad ahead of the February 12 elections.
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NA Speaker Sadiq, Indian FM Jaishankar shake hands in Dhaka in first high-level contact since May conflict
Speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar shook hands in Dhaka on Wednesday, marking the first high-level contact between Pakistani and Indian officials since the military conflict in May of this year. Relations between Islamabad and New Delhi reached their lowest point this year following an attack in Pahalagam, in Indian-occupied Kashmir. India blamed Pakistan, while Islamabad denied any co…
A formal meeting held during the funeral of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has sparked a new political debate between India and Pakistan. Pakistan started exaggerating the incident of mere handshake between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. India, on the other hand, categorically clarified that it was merely a courtesy call and not any kind of conve…
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