High commissioner hopes Dhaka will reciprocate friendly gesture
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DHAKA:
Pakistan’s High Commission in Bangladesh has said that Islamabad had lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens as both countries have agreed to intensify bilateral contacts at all levels.
“Pakistan has already removed all restrictions on Pakistani visas for Bangladeshi citizens,” said the statement after a meeting between Siddiqui and Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam. “The two sides agreed to intensify bilateral contacts at all levels,” it added.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, High Commissioner Imran Ahmed Siddiqui said that they are waiting for the same response from the Bangladeshi side. “Bangladesh’s restrictions on Pakistani nationals are still in place, and that is why I informed the state minister that we have already lifted all bars from our side,” he said.
No knowledge of Pak lifting visa curbs on Bangladeshis: B’desh FM
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Dhaka, Jan 9 (IANS) The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, A.K. Abdul Momen, on Saturday denied any knowledge of the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka lifting all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshis.
“I have no knowledge of the Pakistan High Commission here lifting all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens,” Momen told IANS.
The Foreign Minister was reacting to a report in Al Jazeera on Friday which stated that Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka has lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi nationals.
Pakistan has lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens, a move being seen as an ice breaker in the frosty relations between the two Muslim-majority countries in South Asia.
“Pakistan has already removed all restrictions on Pakistani visas for Bangladeshi citizens,” said a statement by the Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh after a meeting between Pakistani High Commissioner Imran Ahmed Siddiqui and Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Thursday.
“The two sides agreed to intensify bilateral contacts at all levels,” the statement added.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency after the meeting, Siddiqui said Pakistan is waiting for the same response from the Bangladeshi side.
Pakistan Removes All Visa Restrictions For Bangladeshis
Pakistani envoy says they hope Dhaka will reciprocate friendly gesture. Pakistan s envoy to Bangladesh confirmed Thursday that Islamabad has lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens. Pakistan has already removed all restrictions on Pakistani visas for Bangladeshi citizens, said a statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh after a meeting between Pakistani High Commissioner Imran Ahmed Siddiqui and Bangladesh s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam. The two sides agreed to intensify bilateral contacts at all levels, the statement added.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency after the meeting, Siddiqui said they are waiting for the same response from the Bangladeshi side.