The visa sections of three Bangladesh missions in India have been closed briefly on safety grounds, International Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain mentioned on Friday.
“What I’ve performed is that I’ve requested our three missions to maintain their visa sections closed in the meanwhile. It is a safety difficulty,” he informed reporters on the international ministry, responding to a query on whether or not Bangladesh missions in India had restricted vacationer visas for Indians.
He didn’t title the missions. Nevertheless, diplomatic sources mentioned the visa sections of the Bangladesh Excessive Fee in New Delhi, the Deputy Excessive Fee in Kolkata, and the Bangladesh Assistant Excessive Fee in Agartala have been closed.
The visa sections at Bangladesh missions in Chennai and Mumbai, nonetheless, stay operational, sources mentioned.
Over the previous few weeks, protests have taken place close to Bangladesh missions in India.
Following the overthrow of the Awami League regime, the Indian Excessive Fee restricted vacationer visas to Bangladeshis, citing safety issues.
Touhid was additionally requested in regards to the dropping of Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman from the Indian Premier League amid anti-Bangladesh protests in India, and Bangladesh’s resolution to not ship the nationwide cricket staff to India for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
The adviser mentioned he absolutely supported Sports activities Adviser Asif Nazrul’s stance on not sending the staff to India for security causes and demanding that Bangladesh’s matches be relocated to co-host Sri Lanka.
“We will definitely play outdoors India,” Touhid mentioned.
He added that each gamers and supporters must journey to India and mentioned the federal government should think about their safety.
Requested in regards to the impression on bilateral relations, Touhid mentioned such points come up sometimes and every has some impression.
He mentioned Bangladesh would take choices primarily based on its nationwide curiosity.
“Now we have an curiosity in our gamers’ security in not sending them to India. If we’ve got curiosity in shopping for rice from India, we are going to purchase it,” he added.
This text was initially printed on The Daily Staran ANN companion of Daybreak.
