Dhaka, Oct. 30 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir on Friday said no reference to any third country came up for discussion during Prime Minister's just-concluded official visit to Japan, stressing that the visit focused exclusively on an economic partnership between the two countries.

"We made it very clear... no third country reference. We didn't go there to discuss the Bay of Bengal because the Bay of Bengal doesn't belong to us only," he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, highlighting the achievements of the visit.

Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury, who is set to become the next Foreign Secretary and Additional Foreign Secretary (Public Diplomacy and Other Priority Matters) AKM Shahidul Karim were also presen...