Dhaka, April 4 -- BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas believes Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus's meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit was "very important."

On Friday, Abbas said a meeting between the leaders of the two neighbouring countries was "necessary now."

"Our government had been actively trying to make this meeting happen. It was needed at this time, and they managed to do it.

"But I don't know the inside out of what was discussed, so I can't comment in detail," he added.

Chief Advisor's press aide Shafiqul Alam said after the meeting in Bangkok that discussions had covered issues including the extradition of Hasina, who fled to India the day her government was toppled by a...