India keeps ‘close watch’ on neighbours, Jaiswal says on Bangladesh-China-Pakistan talksIndia has said it is keeping a “close watch” on developments in the neighbourhood, after reports emerged of a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministries of Bangladesh, China and Pakistan in China’s Kunming city. Multiple media outlets reported that Bangladesh’s Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain met counterparts from the Chinese and Pakistani foreign ministries in Kunming on Jun 19. The issue also came up during Touhid’s briefing at the foreign ministry in Dhaka on Thursday, the same day it was raised at the Indian ministry’s press event. Referring to the meeting, Kallol Bhattacherjee, a journalist from The Hindu, asked Jaiswal: The Bangladesh foreign ministry has held a trilateral meeting with the Chinese and the Pakistani foreign ministries. “Both India and Bangladesh, we share 54 rivers, which also includes the Ganga,” Jaiswal said.
