Dhaka insists on Pak apology
Bangladesh has reiterated its demand for Pakistan's apology for its troops' genocides during 1971 Liberation War as Islamabad dismissed Dhaka's fresh insistence on saying sorry for the atrocities.
"There is no need for back and forth allegations or exchange of statements, we have not changed our position," Foreign Secretary Mohammad Touhid Hossain told BSS yesterday.
The comments came two days after Pakistan's foreign office declined to apologize for the atrocities saying the issue was settled under a tripartite agreement between the two countries and India in 1974.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni earlier this week asked Islamabad to apologize for its 1971 atrocities as Pakistani High Commissioner in Dhaka Alamgir Bashar Khan Babar called on her at her office.
Dipu Moni also said that Pakistan should settle the lingering disputes between the two countries over sharing of resources and taking back millions of Pakistanis stranded in this country.
The former Pakistani president General Parvez Musharraf during a trip to Dhaka in 2002 regretted for "developments in 1971."
The fresh demand for Pakistani apology came as preparations are underway for trial of local collaborations of Pakistani troops.
State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Capt (retd) ABM Tajul Islam said last month that Bangladesh has planned to seek International Criminal Court (ICC) help for trying Pakistani soldiers responsible for committing war crimes in 1971.
"We will take the matter to the ICC and seek trial of the members of the Pakistani occupation forces who committed crimes against humanity," he said.
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