Dhaka wants a good working relationship with New Delhi and hopes the Indian high commission will soon resume issuing visas to Bangladeshis, said Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain yesterday.
"We have always said that we want a good working relation with India -- we have a clear position on it," he told reporters at the foreign ministry.
Both the countries want to maintain a good relationship and Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus made it clear in his interview with BBC Bangla, Touhid said.
Asked if there is any update on when the Indian high commission would resume visa services, he said it was the sovereign decision of the Indian government and he could not comment on it.
India has stopped issuing visas for Bangladeshis since the ouster of former Sheikh Hasina on August 5 following a mass uprising.
Asked if Bangladesh and China are working on the Teesta water management project, Hossain said any project can be implemented under the memorandum of understanding between the two countries.
However, there has been no particular discussion on Teesta, he said.
There is no possibility of relations with the US deteriorating because of US President Donald Trump's remark on February 20 about a $29 million project for democracy promotion in Bangladesh.
Trump said that the USAID had provided $29 million to an organisation owned by two persons in Bangladesh. The foreign ministry inquired about the matter and found the allegation to be untrue.