DHAKA – Bangladesh on Thursday supported the so-called surgical strikes, which India claimed it carried out to eliminate ‘terror launch pads’ across the Line of Control (LoC), The Times of India reported Thursday.
“India has got all legal, internationally accepted right to make a response to any attack on her sovereignty and her soil,” Iqbal Chowdhury, Adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said.
Calling Kashmir issue a “bilateral dispute”, the adviser claimed that there has been a “violation from the other side.”
“Bangladesh always feels that any country must honour and respect the sovereignty of a third country,” said Chowdhury.
“…I think that the Indian government and the people have all the right to rebuff and to combat any type of aggression from any quarter whether it is from a ‘neighbouring’ country.”
The adviser, however, appealed for “restraint” from all sides for a peaceful neighbourhood.
“Bangladesh always feels that in these types of things, there should be restraint from all sides because we believe that in the Saarc countries, we need to live in a peaceful environment, honouring the sovereign rights of each member country,” he added.
