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Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Mohammad Jashim talking to the media.
Bangladesh held Foreign Secretary level talks between Pakistan on Thursday after 15 years. During this time Bangladesh raised many unresolved issues. Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Mohammad Jashim demanded a formal apology from Pakistan for the 1971 atrocities.
Bangladesh said that when the two countries were the same in 1971, Pakistan should pay $ 4.3 billion to the part of Bangladesh from the joint property of the time. With this, during the cyclone in 1970, also pay $ 200 million to help Bangladesh (then East Pakistan).
Pakistani foreign secretary met Mohammad Yunus Jashim Uddin told the media after the Foreign Office Consultancy (FOC) with his Pakistani counterpart Aamna Baloch that we have historically raised unresolved issues with Pakistan.
Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary said- We said that this is the right time to resolve historically unresolved issues. These issues need to be resolved for mutual benefits and interests.
Pakistani Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch met Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor, Government of Bangladesh and Mohammad Tauheed Hussain, advisor to Foreign Affairs.
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aamna Baloch (left) in Dhaka.
Bangladesh’s major neighbor told Pakistan A journalist asked Jashim Uddin if Dhaka was currently inclined towards Pakistan, as was towards New Delhi. On this, he said that Bangladesh intends to join Pakistan on the basis of respect and mutual benefit.
He said that Bangladesh insists on advancing relations with all neighboring countries according to its foreign policy. Pakistan is one of the major neighbors of Bangladesh in South Asia.
Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary said that Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Bangladesh on April 27 and 28. Aamna Baloch said that direct flight between the two countries will also start soon.
Indo-Pak war started on Bangladesh people with oppression Pakistan was divided into East and West. The people of East used to speak Bengali. Women wore sarees. The leaders of West Pakistan, who run the government, considered them to be of secondary status. East Pakistan had 55% population, despite 80% of its budget was spent in West Pakistan. When the people of East Pakistan raised their voice, the Pak Army would suppress their voice.
Angered by discrimination, the people of East Pakistan started demanding a separate Bangladesh state. The Pak Army was massacre every day. On 25 March 1971, Pakistan started an operation search light by imposing curfew to crush its eastern part. Responsibility was given to General Tikka Khan.
On the very first day, the people who saw the flag of Bangladesh to the Pak Army were killed. The army attacked Dhaka University at night. The Pakistani Army killed more than 1.5 lakh people in two days.
On December 3, 1971, the Indian Army attacked the Pak army due to the barbarity of the Pakistani Army in East Pakistan. The 1971 war between India and Pakistan began as the Bangladesh Liberation War.
After 13 days of war that lasted arms from the Pakistani Army on 16 December. The Indian army had captivated about 90 thousand Pakistani soldiers.
People of East Pakistan headed towards the Indian border for shelter. At that time, 1 million people stood in Assam and West Bengal seeking asylum.