Indian journo dares to call Bangladesh a 'buffer state' Local newsmen taken aback:Foreign Minister fails to protest Indian mediaman''s remark  Journalists were taken aback as Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni kept silent about an Indian journalist's sweeping remark that Pakistan is in proxy war using Bangladesh as ''buffer state'' and import terrorists from here to carry out terror strikes against India. Bangladeshi journalists covering the joint press conference of Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni thought that she would speak out to deflate the word ''buffer state''. But, without refuting the invention of ''buffer state'', Dipu Moni stated her government stance--that Bangladesh will not allow its soil to be used by any element or terrorist outfit to conduct terrorist activities against India. When a Bangladeshi journalist drew her attention while posing a question whether Bangladesh is being used as a ''buffer state'' by Pakistan to harbour terrorism, Dipu Moni--new to the tricks of the trade--didn''t make any reply about the remarks branding Bangladesh as ''buffer state''. She rather restated what she stated about the government stance not to allow terrorists to use Bangladeshi land against any neighboring countries. http://www.newstoday-bd.com/frontpage.asp?newsdate=#17436 |
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