Adviser: Hasina's stay in Delhi will not impact Bangladesh-India ties

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's stay in New Delhi will not have any impact on the bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and India.

"There will be no impact on the bilateral relationship between the two countries because of one individual's stay in a country. Bilateral relations are very big thing and involve mutual interests. Both sides have their interests—India has its interests, and Bangladesh has its interests," he said while replying to a question after briefing diplomats at the state guesthouse Padma on Monday.

This is the first diplomatic briefing of the new interim government.

Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5 and fled to India.