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Meanwhile, Israel has been able to establish diplomatic and economic relations with 4 Muslim countries. An Israeli minister recently said they were looking for a fifth country to establish ties with, possibly an Asian one. However, the British news agency Reuters has confirmed that the country is not Bangladesh. Citing diplomatic sources in Dhaka, they said that Bangladesh would not establish relations with Israel.
In recent months, four Muslim countries, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco, have normalized relations with Israel through the mediation of the White House. When asked if it would have relations with a fifth Muslim country before Trump’s term expires on January 20, Israel’s Minister for Regional Cooperation Afir Akunis told a local television station: “We are working in that direction. “. “I think … another country is openly normalizing relations with Israel on the basis of the peace agreement, that US declaration will come,” he said.
Akunis said the next two countries have been selected to establish relations. Although he did not directly name the two countries at the time, he said that one would be a Gulf country, but that it would likely be Oman, not Saudi Arabia. Another will be a more eastern country. It will be a Muslim country, not a small one. But that country is not Pakistan.
Meanwhile, citing a Foreign Ministry official in Dhaka, Reuters said Bangladesh was also not interested in establishing diplomatic relations with Israel. “Our position remains the same,” he said.
A Reuters report on Wednesday did not name the official. But last September, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam, told BBC Bangla that his government was and would continue to be in favor of the fight for an independent Palestinian state.
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