"It is necessary to convey our concerns": Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Foreign Secretary Misri's Bangladesh visit

New Delhi [India], December 9 : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday emphasised the 'well-being and safety' of minorities in Bangladesh, saying that India must convey its concern about the minorities in its neigbour to Dhaka.
Speaking to ANI, Tharoor stated that the reported 'assaults' on minorities in Bangladesh are not good for the neighbours.
"It is necessary to convey our concerns... The well-being and safety of minorities are important," he stated.
"Some of these incidents... have been reported of assaults on minorities in Bangladesh. That is not good for Bangladesh. It's something that we should certainly convey that we are keeping an eye on it and we are concerned about it. I think the foreign secretary must have done the right thing there," the Congress MP added.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri held a meeting with Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Advisor Md Touhid Hossain in Dhaka on Monday.
Misri arrived in Dhaka on Monday to hold discussions with senior officials of Bangladesh's interim government. After arrival, Vikram Misri and his Bangladeshi counterpart, Jashim Uddin, held delegation-level talks at the state guest house Padma.
Foreign Secretary Misri said that India desires a positive, constructive, and mutually beneficial relationship with Bangladesh, noting that the relationship is people-centric and has the benefit of people as its key motivational force.
The foreign secretary, who visited Bangladesh, told reporters in Dhaka that he had a frank, candid, and constructive exchange of views with his interlocutors in the neighbouring country.
Misri said he discussed the entire gamut of issues in the "extremely important bilateral relationship.".
"Today's discussions have given both of us the opportunity to take stock of our relations, and I appreciate the opportunity today to have had a frank, candid, and constructive exchange of views with all my interlocutors. I emphasised that India desires a positive, constructive, and mutually beneficial relationship with Bangladesh. We have always seen in the past, and we continue to see in the future, this relationship as a people-centric and people-orientated relationship, one that has the benefit of all the people as its central motivational force," he said.
"This is reflected on a daily basis in the development projects that have been executed on the ground in Bangladesh and that continue to be developed. It is also reflected in the mutually beneficial engagement we have on a whole set of issues ranging from trade, commerce, connectivity, power, water, and energy to development cooperation, consular cooperation, and cultural cooperation," he added.