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Dhaka to look into India's insurgent camp claim

Morshed dodges comment on 'foreign hand' in grenade attacks

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan yesterday said Dhaka would look into Delhi's concerns over the alleged presence of Indian insurgents in Bangladesh, and emphasised open dialogue between the two neighbours to solve security issues.
The minister declined to comment on the 'foreign hand' the one-member judicial commission per
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ceives in the August 21 grenade attacks on an Awami League rally, saying, although he is yet to read the report, what is important in this case is how the government reacts to it.
Morshed was briefing reporters at the foreign ministry on his 12-day trip to New York to attend the 59th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as its vice-president.
On the concerns that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed last Wednesday over Indian insurgent camps in Bangladesh, he said, "To our knowledge there are no insurgents in Bangladesh and I have invited them to check for themselves." He added, however, "We will look into their concerns," and confirmed a statement of Delhi on discussions under way on the insurgent issue.
"Both of our prime ministers gave directives after their meeting in Bangkok in July to sort out all the security concerns and outstanding issues," said Morshed. "The concerns our mutual. If it is a concern of India, it is ours too, as we are trying to establish a common platform for the benefit of the peoples of the region."
He said, "Security concerns of the neighbours have to be addressed through dialogues between structural committees," adding, "I did not experience any misunderstanding during our previous discussions on the issue."
The minister quoted the Indian side as telling him they had interrogated some Indian criminals to gain information about existence of Indian insurgent camps in Bangladesh. He also referred to an Indian press report, which said Delhi has no hard evidence of such camps.
Morshed also denied a report on Dhaka's rejection of an Indian proposal for joint patrol along the 4,126-kilometre border during a meeting of the two home secretaries last month. He claimed it was Dhaka that proposed the agreed coordinated patrol to address Indian concerns over border security.
He explained that a joint border patrol might lead to security forces on each side crossing the border, which may have political ramifications for both neighbours leading to confusion and misunderstanding. GRENADE ATTACKS
"That is the view of the independent commission not the position of the government," said Morshed, when asked for his comments on the judicial commission's report hinting at a 'foreign hand' in the August 21 grisly attacks that killed at least 20.
"The government will take a decision on the report based on the facts, and we should look forward to that," he maintained.
"When a foreign country is mentioned it can be any of the other 190 countries in the world," quipped the foreign minister, "So, we have to find out if there is any truth in what is being reported or whether any of the information is being misinterpreted." UNGA AND SIDELINES
Morshed told the reporters there was no serious differences of opinion in his talks with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts on the sidelines ofthe 59th UNGA.
"Both of them told me not to hesitate to call them for any discussion or help," he reported.
On a question if any cloud was there in his discussion with Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh due to the recent exchange of allegations on security, trade and water, Morshed said, "I did not notice any."
He reported to have stressed the importance of regional flood management in his meetings with Singh and US Secretary of State Colin Powell. "The time has come to put our heads together regionally," said Morshed as the message he conveyed to Powell and Singh.
The FM said he asked both Singh and Khursheed M Kasuri to
send their 'visionary plans' ahead of the 13th Saarc Summit in Dhaka so that a committee can set the agenda for participants to decide the direction of Saarc policies for the next decade.
On the UNGA, Morshed said he is proud to have represented Bangladesh in presiding over it for the second time after late Humayun Rashid Chowdhury. He chaired the assembly as its vice-president on the fifth day.
He also narrated his meeting with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, during which Dhaka pledged its support for a democratically elected Iraqi government with peacekeepers, in reconstruction, and health and education sectors.
He said to have reiterated to the UNSG the Dhaka's view that the root-cause of Middle East problems is the Israel-Palestine conflict, to diffuse which the roadmap to ME peace should be revived.