Coud it be true that she made 102 trips abroad spending a total of 7
months outside the country since becoming Foreign Minister? Sounds too
much even to a critic like me.
But we have to understand the whispered explanations of AL
intellectuals. This Apa, or Bhabi, is a very nice lady who speaks good
English. And that's the whole explanation.
What else could we Bloody Bongus want?
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *DIPU MONI'S 102 TRIPS*
>
> Diplomacy in limbo
>
>
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> Foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni is an exceptionally busy person flying
more
> or less most capitals of the world more or less every week. Just
recently,
> she finished her 102th foreign trip in course of her 34-month stay in
the
> ministry wearing the rare centurion's feather in her diplomatic
cap. She
> spent over 17 months abroad during this time, a news report said.
>
> But the reality is, as critics say, most of these trips have nothing
to do
> with protecting the country's vital national interests and at many
places
> rather harming it by her untutored diplomatic skill and way of
handling
> things. She attends seminars, intellectual conferences and such
meetings to
> which the country's foreign policy has hardly any relevance.
>
> *Who runs it?*
> Not surprisingly, observers wonder as to who runs the country's
Foreign
> Ministry. It has surfaced as a big question in recent time, they say
> pointing to growing erosions at every diplomatic windows, the latest
being
> Delhi's move to build the Tipaimuch dam keeping Bangladesh in
total
> darkness.Bangladesh diplomacy was hovering round Delhi's skyline
ever since
> the present .Awami League-led grand coalition came to power. Dhaka
seemed
> to see nothing of significance beyond the Indian horizon to prove it
as an
> honest partner in Indian hegemony in the domestic politics of
Bangladesh.
>
> *Struck with surprise *
>
> But when the news broke out that the Union government of India has
signed
> an agreement with the Monipur state government and a national
conglomerate
> to build the Tipaimukh dam, even Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was
struck
> with utter surprise.
>
> Dr Monmohan Sing has broken his promise keeping Dhaka in the dark and
going
> beyond his pledge that Delhi will not do anything which would harm
> Bangladesh, he inked the agreement.
> Just three weeks after that signing, Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni
met
> Indian External Relations Minister S M Krishna in the Indian city of
> Banglore on November 17 but her Indian counterpart did not bother to
tell
> her of the agreement.
> *"Unanimous on all issues"*
>
> Informed sources said, emerging from the meeting with Krishna in
Banglore,
> Dipu Moni told the press that they were "unanimous on all
issues". The
> impression that she left behind is that she has not the guts even to
> disagree, a Dhaka daily said recently in a report on her meeting with
> Krishna. But the question agitating the mind of the critics is that
India
> signed the Tipaimukh dam agreement on October 22 and Dipu Moni met the
> Krishna on November 17. And why Krishna kept the news from her or why
could
> not Dipu Moni get it?
>
> Delhi spoke on the issue only when it came in the media in Bangladesh,
and
> the Indian external ministry officials `reassured' Bangladesh
again that
> India will not do anything harmful to it. But the question is how
Delhi is
> dealing with an ally in power in Bangladesh, if not a friendly country
on
> the most dangerous border in the world. Moreover, who will explain
Delhi's
> breaking of all norms and international agreements dealing with common
> rivers.
>
> Dipu Moni told the press on Wednesday that the government will strive
to
> sort out the issue through bilateral discussion and will demand
information
> on the agreement Monipur state to open discussion.
>
> *Desertification in Surma valley*
> Experts say, once this dam will be put in place it will set in motion
> desertification of greater Sylhet region in the downstream of the dam
to be
> built at upstream inside 100km in the Indian state of Monipur. The
entire
> Surma valley including part of Assam will be affected by it, they
said.
>
> Critics wonder what style of diplomacy Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr
Dipu
> Moni is pursuing and what the broader objectives of her foreign policy
are
> as far as it stands to protect Bangladesh interests, its sovereignty
and
> territorial integrity.
>
> The ruling Awami League government is allowing even duty-free transit
to
> India and yet keeping shy about contentious issues like Tipaimukh to
the
> Indian authorities. Why is she not protesting in the first place to
bring
> confidence to the nation that she is going to fight the Indian
government
> on legitimate national interest?
> In fact the protest should have come from the Prime Minister but the
> government is rather mute on this life-and-death question for
Bangladesh.
>
> *Khaleda's protest *
> However, BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has already sent a letter
to the
> Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh protesting the move and
demanding
> a joint survey to identify what ecological impacts it may create on
both
> sides of the border.
>
> The Bangladesh Protidhin in a news item last week portrayed Dr Dipu
Moni as
> working in the role of the Indian External Minister instead of
promoting
> her own country's cause and questioned a number of her actions in
some
> other fronts which have rather severely undermined the country's
interest
> abroad.
> News reports said Dipu Moni did not receive UN secretary General Ban
Ki
> Moon when he arrived in the city breaking diplomatic precedence. If
she
> were present, Prime Minister's daughter Saima Wajid would not have
received
> him since she has no diplomatic status.
>
> *Left Ban Ki Moon*
> Moreover, she left Ban Ki Moon in the middle of a dinner she had
hosted in
> honour of the visiting dignitary. She did it in a hurry to catch a
> Banglore-bound plane to attend a conference where other participants
were
> mostly state ministers and deputy ministers of the SAARC countries.
>
> And her host even did not bother to tell her the news of the Tipaimukh
dam
> on the occasion. Critics have also questioned her handling of the
relations
> with Japan when the Sunami and nuclear accident worst hit that nation.
> When other nations sent their ministers to show solidarity with the
> Japanese people, Bangladesh was the only country which had shut down
its
> embassy fearing the fall out of the nuclear accident. It was an unkind
move
> to a nation which has always stood by the side of Bangladesh whenever
it
> was hit by a disaster.
>
> She visited China several times but has so far failed to produce an
> agreement with Chinese participation to the proposed deep sea port in
the
> Bay of Bengal. Contrary to it her UN representative Dr A Momen
reportedly
> irritated the Chinese by meeting representatives of Dalai Lama when
> visiting Tibet. Moreover, she took more than two years to fix a
meeting
> with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton whose visit to Bangladesh is
> still a distant dream for the government.
>
> The European Union has also remained largely critical on many issues,
> especially on human rights violation, crossfire incidents of RAB and
> dealing with political opposition. She made enough promises to them
only to
> break them once back home, sources alleged.
>
> Even when Bangladesh has surrendered almost everything to the Indian
> hegemony, the country's foreign policy failed to protect the
innocent
> civilians from killing at border by Indian Border Security forces.The
> foreign policy failure is also more pronounced at the middle-east and
> other Muslim
> nations. Especially it has failed in the country's manpower export
to these
> countries.
>
> Several Muslim countries are skeptical about how the government is
dealing
> with Islamic political groups. Critics wonder why the government is
not
> evaluating the performance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
job
> of the minister herself. The nation is spending huge amount of money
but at
> what benefits. Let there be a cross checking on all issues, they
suggest.
>
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