‘Two ministers did not go to India due to busy schedule’

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal have cancelled their India visit due to their busy schedule ahead of Martyred Intellectuals Day and Victory Day.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said this while speaking at a programme at the auditorium of Engineers Institution in the city on Friday.

“It is not a matter of boycott. They have cancelled their India visit due to their busy schedule ahead of Martyred Intellectuals Day and Victory Day. They will go to India next time”, he said.
“We have a good and strong relation with India, and all bilateral issues will be solved through talks’, he said.

In responing to a question about the Indian Parliament’s adoption of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the minister said it is their internal matter.

Earlier, the ministry of foreign affairs said the scheduled visit of Foreign Minister Dr Momen to New Delhi on Thursday was cancelled due to his busy schedule at home ahead of Martyred Intellectuals Day and Victory Day.

The Foreign Minister was scheduled to leave for New Delhi on Thursday afternoon on a three-day visit to attend the sixth edition of the Indian Ocean Dialogue (IOD) and have talks on bilateral issues with his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar on the sidelines.

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