New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Indian government on Tuesday distanced itself from former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina's plans to address a virtual news conference on August 5, saying it has no involvement in the event being organised by a private entity and does not endorse views that may be expressed at the forum.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal outlined the Indian side's position on the event to be addressed by Hasina at the Foreign Correspondents Club in New Delhi a day after a top aide of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told Indian high commissioner Dinesh Trivedi in Dhaka that the news conference could undermine bilateral relations.

"The interaction that you are referring to is being organised b...