Comment: Bangladesh and Maldives – A fractured link
30 Mar 2014, 5:18 PM
Professor Selina Mohsin
Professor Selina Mohsin was Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to the Maldives between 2008 and 2010.
This article was first published in the Dhaka Tribune. Republished with permission.
In a sudden move, Maldives is closing its mission in Bangladesh on April 1. This is not an April fool’s joke but a final closure. Closure was earlier threatened in 2009, during that time, as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Maldives, I was able to persuade the then President Nasheed to keep the mission open.
He appreciated the importance of such a bilateral link. A bond was strengthened. It is surprising that because there is a financial crunch in Maldives now, the new government is to close its mission in Bangladesh, which supplies so many migrant workers, while the one in Pakistan remains open although they supply none.
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