Pakan’s foreign secretary arrives in Bangladesh as bilateral talks resume after 15 years | World News

Pakan’s Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch arrived in Bangladesh on Wednesday to hold the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) on Thursday after a gap of 15 years.
A Bangladesh foreign minry spokesman said that the Director General of the South Asia Wing, Ishrat Jahan, welcomed Baloch upon arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here.
Baloch will hold talks with her Bangladesh counterpart M Jashim Uddin at the state guest house ‘Padma’ on Thursday.
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Officials familiar with the matter said no specific agenda was fixed for the talks as all areas of mutual interest were likely to be covered during the discussion.
“After such a long hiatus, it is difficult to prioritize topics in advance, but the talks will be comprehensive,” a foreign office spokesman said on Tuesday.
The last FOC between Bangladesh and Pakan was held in 2010.
Baloch will also pay courtesy calls on interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Foreign Affairs Adviser M Touhid Hossain following the FOC.Story continues below this ad
Dhaka-Islamabad relations were at the lowest ebb during the deposed prime miner Sheikh Hasina’s regime, particularly since 2010 when Dhaka initiated the trial of hardened collaborators of Pakani troops during Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War.
However, the ties took a positive course since Yunus’ interim government assumed power after the ouster of Hasina in a student-led uprising on August 5 last year.
The foreign secretary-level meeting is being held ahead of the planned visit of deputy prime miner and foreign miner Ishaq Dar to Dhaka later this month, which will be the maiden visit a Pakani foreign miner since 2012.