{"id":24564,"date":"2026-09-15T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=24564"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:52:36","slug":"india-bangladesh-relations-he-had-received-two-invitations-india-rejects-confusion-over-bangladesh-pms-brics-invite-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=24564","title":{"rendered":"India-Bangladesh Relations: \u2018He had received two invitations\u2019: India rejects confusion over Bangladesh PM\u2019s Brics invite | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tarique Rahman received separate India invites for bilateral visit and Brics, MEA says<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman had received two separate invitations from India \u2014 one for a bilateral visit and another to attend the Brics Summit<\/a> as chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec), the ministry of external affairs said on Tuesday.Addressing the MEA\u2019s weekly press briefing, spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal clarified the nature of the invitations amid questions over whether Rahman had been invited to the Brics Summit in New Delhi.\u201cWe had invited the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on a bilateral visit, and subsequently, he was invited for the Brics Summit as chair of Bimstec. So, he had received two invitations, one on the bilateral side and the other for the Brics Summit as well,\u201d Jaiswal said.<\/p>\n

Brics invitation came as Bimstec chair<\/keyword><\/b><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Bangladesh is neither a Brics member nor a partner country. India had invited Rahman to the outreach session of the 18th Brics Summit in his capacity as the current chair of Bimstec, according to an earlier MEA briefing.The Brics Summit was held in New Delhi from September 12 to 13, bringing together leaders of member and partner countries as well as outreach invitees.The clarification from the MEA came after Bangladeshi officials had said Rahman was not invited to the summit in his capacity as Bangladesh\u2019s prime minister.Bangladesh state minister for foreign affairs Humayun Kabir had said last week that the invitation was extended to the Bimstec chair rather than to Rahman as Bangladesh\u2019s prime minister.\u201cHow shall we go? Has anyone from the Bangladesh government been invited? Our PM was not invited. Who told you that our PM was invited? The Bimstec Chair was invited. Then why are you asking this question?\u201d Kabir had told reporters.<\/p>\n

Bilateral visit invitation also remains in place<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Jaiswal\u2019s remarks also reiterated that India had separately invited Rahman for a bilateral visit.The bilateral invitation had been extended in February. India had sent Lok Sabha Speaker Om Prakash Birla to attend the inauguration of Rahman\u2019s BNP government on February 17 following Bangladesh\u2019s February 12 general elections.<\/p>\n

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