Bangladesh foreign secretary Mohammed Shahidul Haque at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/MintNew Delhi: Economic imperatives sometimes make countries take decisions that could make sovereignty issues take a back seat, Bangladesh foreign secretary, Mohammed Shahidul Haque said Thursday. New Delhi had cited “sovereignty issues” while declining to be part of the international conference hosted by Beijing. It is not by holding onto sovereignty issues but by opening up,” the Bangladesh foreign secretary said. We look at sovereignty and integration from a somewhat different angle ...sometimes we need to put sovereignty issues in the back seat and bring the economic integration in front,” he said.

Source: Mint October 05, 2017 17:03 UTC