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UK envoy talks shrine attack with FM

Both remain tight-lipped about probe progress

Staff Correspondent
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury yesterday discussed with Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan status of the probe into the grenade attack at Hazrat Shahjalal shrine in Sylhet.
Choudhury, who had ahour-long meeting with Morshed at the foreign ministry, termed 'unfortunate' the May 21 bomb attack that killed three and wounded 70 including him. He however did not make comment on who were behind the blast or when
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the investigation would end.
This was Choudhury's first meeting with Morshed upon his return from London on July 1 following treatment of his wounds. The first Bangladesh-born British envoy was flown back to the United Kingdom on May 24 for treatment.
Both Choudhury and Morshed told reporters after the meeting that they briefly discussed the investigation into the grenade attack but declined to comment on theincident.
"It's a matter of investigation. Let the probing process complete first," said Choudhury, reaffirming that the attack would not strain his ties with Bangladeshi people.
"It was unfortunate what happened, but my affection for this country and the people has not changed and will not change," said the high commissioner and added he was 'very happy' to have returned to Dhaka again.
His meeting with Morshed came a day after his brief meeting with Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reaz Rahman on Wednesday.
On his meeting with the foreign minister, the British envoy said bilat-
eral issues were discussed and the outcome was positive.
Later, Morshed told reporters it was a routine meeting covering bilateral, regional and international issues, including the Middle East and Iraq situation.
On a query regarding theinvestiga-tion into the bomb attack, the foreign minister said it constituted a 'small portion' of the bilateral talks and a particular agency is working on it.
"We want to get to the bottom ofit."
Asked if they discussed the issue of sending Bangladeshi troops to Iraq, he said Bangladesh's position on committing troops remains unchanged and added the new UN resolution on Iraq is a step in the right direction.
The foreign minister said the matter would be considered if and when the Iraqi people and an elected Iraqi government want Bangladesh to help lessen their sufferings.
He said, "We must assess our capability", as around 12,000 Bangladeshi troops are engaged in peacekeeping operations around the world.