DHAKA, June 3 ? Bangladesh has said that it has found no camps of Indian insurgents on its soil as claimed by India, reports PTI. ?India?s list of Indian insurgency camps in Bangladesh has been investigated but nothing has been found,? Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan has said.
Rejecting the suggestion that there is no forward movement in Indo-Bangladesh relations, Khan said there are no contentious issues between the two nations, adding ?what the two have are irritants.? He described the recent series of interactions between political leaders of the two sides as ?positive and constructive? and said an early visit by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to Dhaka will ?help create trust and confidence between the two neighbours.?
The two countries need to prepare the necessary pre-conditions before a Vajpayee-Begum Zia summit takes place, he said at a meeting with the outgoing Prasar Bharati Dhaka correspondent. Khan also lauded Vajpayee?s recent peace overtures to Pakistan as an ?act of statesmanship.?
On trade with India, Khan said Bangladesh has no plans to test the impact of Free Trade Regime by agreeing to such arrangements with other countries before entering into a Free Trade Agreement with India. Dhaka is working for an early decision on free trade agreement with India and that does not necessarily be preceded by similar agreements between Bangladesh and smaller countries in the region, Khan told Prasar Bharati Dhaka correspondent. The two countries would hold a crucial Joint Economic Commission meeting in Dhaka next month.