[Reuters]
Updated at 6:15 p.m. ET on 2021-05-12
Bangladesh expressed anger on Tuesday over “very unfortunate” and “presumptuous” comments made by China’s envoy a day earlier, when he warned Dhaka against participating in the United States-led Quadrilateral Security Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific region.
On Monday, Ambassador Li Jiming had said that ties between Bangladesh and China could be “substantially damaged” if the South Asian country joined any initiative by the four-nation Quad.
Bangladesh is a sovereign state and will make its own decisions about the nation’s foreign policy, Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen shot back on Tuesday.