DHAKA:  Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Foreign Minister and Home Minister had cancelled their India tours because of state affairs.

“As far as I know, the Victory Day and the Martyred Intellectuals Day are so close. They will visit India later. Tours have not been cancelled forever,” he added.

Qauder, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, was speaking at the triennial conference of Prabasi Awami Forum at the auditorium of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in the capital on Friday (December 13).

Recalling the existing good relations of Bangladesh and India, Quader said: “We have excellent and constructive relations with India”.

BDST: 2011 HRS, DEC 13, 2019

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