Dhaka, April 8 -- Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to avoid "environment-vitiating" rhetoric, describing it as a "positive" assertion.

He, however, reminded that "provocative remarks" had also come from India.

In response to a question on Modi's message to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus during their bilateral meeting in Bangkok last week, Touhid said: "We also agree on this point. But it's not that such rhetoric has only come from one side.

"Perhaps some of our people may have said things that would have been better left unsaid; they only added to the problems."

He added, "The same also happens from the Indian side. We know, especially in West Bengal, you hear some very strong commen...