Pakistan has slammed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s acknowledgement of India’s involvement in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
A press statement issued by Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Tuesday termed Modi’s statement on India’s involvement in the 1971 war as “India’s negative role against a sovereign neighbouring state.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address at Dhaka University on Sunday reminded the students of India’s role in Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War.
He also blamed Pakistan for spreading terrorism and fear in neighbouring India.
According to a report of Hindustan Times, Modi said: “Every now and then Pakistan keeps disturbing India, creates a nuisance, promotes terrorism, and such incidents keep recurring.
Another report of Times of India stated that he is probably the first leader of India who spoke about India’s treatment towards more than 90,000 Pakistani prisoners of the war.
“I know how well India treated Pakistani prisoners of war in 1971, because I was there and very much aware of what was happening being an Indian army officer’s child.”
A spokesperson for the Foreign Office in Pakistan blamed Modi for “his attempt of sowing seeds of discord between the two brotherly nations of Pakistan and Bangladesh.”
He also warned that such a move by India would not succeed.
“The people of Pakistan and Bangladesh are bound not only by the strong bonds of religious affinity but also by the history of their struggle for independence against colonial rule. Indian attempts to sow seeds of discord between the two brotherly nations of Pakistan and Bangladesh will not succeed.”
He also claimed that “Indian politicians not only indulge in actions that are in violation of the United Nations’ Charter but also take pride in recalling their interference in the internal affairs of other states.”
The spokesperson said Pakistan believes in peaceful co-existence and maintaining good neighbourly relations with India, and that characterisation of bilateral relations by Prime Minister Modi as “nuisance” is unfortunate.
The Foreign Office spokesperson urged the international community to take note of Indian acknowledgement of its interference in Bangladesh, which was then East Pakistan.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
