Dhaka and Islamabad, in a foreign ministry-level bilateral talks, agreed to work together for further cooperation in trade, economy, and other areas, taking forward multidimensional relations between the two nations.
鈥榃e have resolved to work together to take forward our multidimensional relations with Pakistan,鈥� said foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain at the Foreign Service Academy in the city after the meeting with his Pakistan counterpart Muhammad Ishak Dar at a city hotel.
About the unresolved historic issues, he said Bangladesh once again raised its position 鈥攁sking Pakistan to apologise for committing genocide during the 1971 Liberation War, to return due attest share to Bangladesh, and to take back stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh.
Responding to a question, Ishak Dar, also deputy prime minister of Pakistan, told reporters that the historic issues were resolved in 1974 and 2002.
Touhid said that they had agreed to discuss the issues again from their respective positions and take forward their bilateral relations.
