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In June 2024, the Sheikh Hasina government signed 10 MoUs out of which seven were new and three were renewed. (Image: PTI)
The sources said that the new government is of the view that Hasina was close to India and have done out of turn favour to them while signing the MoUs.
Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus is likely to review and scrap the Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) signed with India if those are deemed not beneficial for the country, Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Minister Touhid Hossain said on Sunday.
“MoUs are not agreements. Those can always be revised. If the Bangladesh government thinks those MoUs are not beneficial, those can always be reviewed,” Star link quoted Hossain telling reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after returning from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting.
As per the sources, there is no official communication regarding the review of the MoUs. The Indian government is of the view that this is initial stage of the new government in Bangladesh and they will have different version when they will evolve.
The sources said that the new government is of the view that Hasina was close to India and have done out of turn favour to them while signing the MoUs.
Asked if former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after her ouster on August 5, would be extradited, he said that the government will seek her extradition if required.
“If we are asked by the court to take steps to bring her back from India, we shall try our best to make the arrangements, but it is up to India whether they will repatriate her or not. Though there is an extradition treaty between the two countries, they are supposed to send her back… but they have their own legal process,” he said.
In June 2024, the Sheikh Hasina government signed 10 MoUs out of which seven were new and three were renewed. The MoUs were signed after the delegation-level talks between the two countries at the Hyderabad House during Hasina’s two-day state visit to India.