In a uncommon go to, Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar lands in Bangladesh on a two-day go to

In a big improvement, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Ishaq Dar reached Bangladesh on Saturday ( August 23, 2025), the Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh has introduced.

Mr. Dar was obtained at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Asad Alam Siam, High Commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh Imran Haidar and High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan Muhammad Iqbal Khan and officers of the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs additional stated that Mr. Dar will meet Chief Adviser of the interim administration Prof. Mohammed Yunus, Adviser on Foreign Affairs Touhid Hossein and adviser for Commerce S.Ok. Bashir Uddin.

“Discussions will embody your entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation together with regional and worldwide problems with mutual curiosity,” stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the assertion.

Mr. Dar was earlier scheduled to go to Bangladesh in May however his journey was postponed due to the navy hostilities between India and Pakistan that broke out on May 7.

The go to had hit the headlines as Bangladesh had not hosted a Pakistani Foreign Minister in additional than a decade. In August 2022, Bilawal Bhutto had a cease over at Chittagong airport on his solution to Cambodia.

Mr. Dar’s go to might be keenly watched in India because it comes simply days after Bangladesh urged India to cease the actions of the leaders of the Awami League who’re believed to have taken refuge in India.

“Any type of political exercise campaigning towards the pursuits of Bangladesh by Bangladeshi nationals, notably by the absconding leaders/activists of a banned political occasion, staying on Indian soil, legally or illegally, together with the institution of workplaces is an unambiguous affront towards the individuals and State of Bangladesh,” stated the MoFA Bangladesh in a press release on 20 August. India had denied internet hosting the leaders of Awami League saying, “The Governent doesn’t permit political activitie towards different nations to be carried out from Indian soil.”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a chilly relation with Pakistan and sometimes blamed her political opponents of being influenced by Pakistan that stands accused of committing genocide within the erstwhile East Pakistan in 1971 earlier than the nation gained independence as Bangladesh. Since the autumn of the Hasina administration, Pakistan has revived its diplomatic actions in Dhaka and has grow to be seen within the capital’s social circle.

The go to can be being seen within the context of the June trilateral of Bangladesh, China and Pakistan that was held in Kunming among the many diplomatic groups of the three nations. On August 21, 2025, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Mr. Dar held Sixth Round of China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad. China is at present internet hosting Bangladesh’s Army Chief General Waker uz Zaman.