Bangladesh, May 3 -- The government issued a formal clarification following remarks in parliament by opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, who questioned Bangladesh's stance towards Iran.
In its response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a Facebook post on Friday said the comments did not reflect the full picture of Bangladesh's engagement with Tehran and risked creating misunderstandings about the country's diplomatic position.
Referring to the parliamentary session on 30 April, the ministry noted that the opposition leader had asked why "a friendly country would say it did not find Bangladesh by its side in difficult times."
"The reality is that Bangladesh's policy in the ongoing Gulf conflict has been apprecia...