{"id":18024,"date":"2025-12-11T13:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=18024"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:49:10","slug":"bangladesh-can-join-a-regional-bloc-with-pakistan-without-india-says-foreign-affairs-adviser-touhid-hossain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=18024","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh Can Join a Regional Bloc with Pakistan Without India, Says Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2436\" data-end=\"2840\"><strong>Bangladesh\u2019s Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Touhid Hossain, has stated that it is strategically possible for Dhaka to join a regional cooperation framework with Pakistan even without India\u2019s participation. However, he clarified that this possibility exists only for Bangladesh, as countries like Nepal and Bhutan cannot practically form any regional group with Pakistan without India\u2019s involvement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2842\" data-end=\"3307\">According to Bangladeshi media reports, Touhid Hossain made these remarks on Wednesday while responding to a journalist\u2019s question in Dhaka. His statement is being viewed as a response to Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar\u2019s comments made during the recent \u201cIslamabad Conclave,\u201d where Dar indicated that a trilateral initiative involving Pakistan, China, and Bangladesh had already begun, with the potential to include more regional and extra-regional countries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3309\" data-end=\"3465\">Media outlets further reported that Touhid Hossain said Ishaq Dar had \u201cmade certain remarks, and perhaps at some point there may be progress on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3467\" data-end=\"3680\">Earlier in August, Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar visited Bangladesh for the first time in 13 years, marking a significant moment in the gradual improvement of diplomatic engagement between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3682\" data-end=\"3897\">In recent months, Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Bangladesh\u2019s Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus have also held several cordial and constructive meetings, contributing to the strengthening of bilateral ties.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3899\" data-end=\"4296\">It is important to note that after the fall of Sheikh Hasina Wajid\u2019s government in August last year, relations between Islamabad and Dhaka have improved considerably, while Bangladesh\u2019s relations with New Delhi have faced strains\u2014particularly due to India\u2019s decision to host the former Bangladeshi Prime Minister. This shift has influenced the regional geopolitical environment in meaningful ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh\u2019s Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Touhid Hossain, has stated that it is strategically possible for Dhaka to join a regional cooperation framework with Pakistan even without India\u2019s participation. However, he clarified that this possibility exists only for Bangladesh, as countries like Nepal and Bhutan cannot practically form any regional group with Pakistan without India\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[1489,6861,154,170,62,5508],"class_list":["post-18024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-bangladesh","tag-foreign-policy","tag-india","tag-ishaq-dar","tag-pakistan","tag-regional-cooperation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18026,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18024\/revisions\/18026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}