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'Domestic event cooked up in New Delhi'

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Dhaka yesterday said a reported move by New Delhi to deport 20 million 'illegal Bangladeshis' from India is a 'domestic event made up in Delhi'.
"They made their own assessment (of the so-called Bangladeshis staying illegally in India). Any country has the right to do its own assessment," Foreign Secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury told the weekly press briefing at the foreign ministry.
He said Bangladesh is monitor-FROM PAGE 1
ing the Indian media reports on the reported deportation move and following the developments in this regard.
A Reuters report from New Delhi, quoting the Indian interior ministry, said Tuesday that India would deport more than 20 million 'illegal' Bangladeshi immigrants on security grounds.
The foreign secretary dismissed the notion that the recent Indian actions against Bangladesh might be the latter's "Look East" foreign policy and move to forge closer ties with Chinain particular.
The foreign secretary termed as "totally untrue and baseless" Indian media reports that Bangladesh is trying to procure nuclear reactors from China for power generation.
"The Look East policy is not against any country. It's an extension of our policy of bettering relations with all countries including the neighbours in South Asia," he said. "We've been having deep relations with China for long and it's not directed at any third country."
"We've not as yet received any official communication from Indian side about the reported deportation move," he said. He also said Dhaka has asked its mission in New Delhi to report on the issue. "Bangladesh's action depends on the Indian followup."
Even West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee was not
communicated about the New Delhi decision, he said referring to reports from Kolkata.
The foreign secretary also informed reporters that two Bangladesh-India joint experts groups would meet in Dhaka in the third week of this month.
The first joint meeting at secretary level and the other at joint secretary level would discuss issues, including sharing of common river waters and common borders, he added.
He termed the meets as very important being held against the backdrop of recent difficulties in the bilateral ties between the two nextdoor neighbours.
Asked about the postponed Saarc summit, the foreign secretary said it was the responsibility of Nepal, the current chair of the South Asian grouping, to take initiatives for reconvening the 12th summit by persuading both India and Pakistan.
"But Bangladesh wants reconvening of the summit at the earliest possible time, keeping bilateral issues out of the forum," he said.
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan was told by his Nepalese counterpart on the sidelines of BIMSTEC ministerial meet in Colombo last month that Kathmandu would initiate talks with India and Pakistan, the foreign secretary told reporters.