Published : 30 Sep 2026, 01:36 PM
Updated : 30 Sep 2026, 01:36 PM
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has said there is no issue between the two countries that cannot be resolved if Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi sit down together.
He also reiterated that there was no need to rush Tarique's proposed visit to New Delhi, saying the two sides must be given the necessary time.
"There are all sorts of problems and challenges. It would be wrong to think there will be no challenges. But when the two leaders sit together, there is no question that cannot be resolved," Trivedi told reporters after meeting Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan at the Secretariat on Wednesday morning.
"I think we should give the two leaders and their two teams the necessary time. These things will proceed at the right time," he said.
Trivedi said both sides were working on the proposed visit.
"My only answer to this is that I think both sides are continuing to work. And we must give the two prime ministers and their teams time. That is absolutely certain. At some point, the two leaders of two sovereign, independent countries will meet…" he said.
The envoy had delivered a similar message on Tuesday, saying there was no need to hurry the visit.
After paying a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir at the foreign ministry, Trivedi was asked whether a possible November date for Tarique's Delhi visit had been fixed.
"As I said before, our invitation is open. I don't think there is any need to rush this time. When the time comes, it will certainly happen," he said.
"Everything is very positive. But we must give due time. Within a certain period, everything will be positive. There is no question about anything negative."
On Wednesday, Trivedi also said people in both countries wanted to see their leaders meet.
"What people of both countries are interested in is, let the leaders meet. Let people-to-people contact and sports continue," he said.
"Whether it is water, cricket, football, trade, poetry, theatre, cinema or songs. Absolutely, these are more cultural... absolutely, there is interdependence. It is good to have such interdependence."
The high commissioner said there was particular interest among ordinary people when Bangladesh's prime minister visits India.
"I would say that when I am in India, it generates a lot of curiosity. And I have seen that they are very attentive and attach special importance to the prime minister. They are really very curious," he said.
"And I will say one thing: there is interest in both countries. What is the interest? Whenever there is a little discussion that the prime minister is coming, everyone gets very excited. In both countries. What does that mean? It means interdependence. This is what ordinary people want in both countries. I am not talking about political people or governments. Ordinary people want this," he said.
Asked about a possible visit to Dhaka by India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Trivedi avoided the question, saying it had "gone over my head".
Liberation War Affairs Minister Azam said the meeting with Trivedi was a courtesy call.
Asked about an initiative to build a water fountain instead of a sculpture at Suhrawardy Udyan at the site associated with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Mar 7 speech and the surrender of Pakistani forces, Azam said the issue had been "misrepresented" in the media.
