Bangladesh to decide its policy towards Afghanistan independently: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh will decide its policy towards Afghanistan independently, noting that India or Pakistan's conduct is not important to Bangladesh.

"Bangladesh always decides its foreign policy independently and according to its interests," he told BBC Bangla in an interview making it clear that the decision of Bangladesh is not linked with other countries.

The Foreign Minister said Bangladesh always believes in a people's government that comes through a political and democratic process, and it always extends support to such governments where people's desire is reflected.

"We'll extend support if people's desire is reflected in the new Afghan government. At this moment, we don't know as we're yet to understand the situation in Afghanistan," Dr Momen said, adding that things will depend on how the new Afghan government acts and what policy it adopts after the formulation of the government.