Dhaka, May 6 -- Referring to engaging with the Arakan Army, National Security Adviser and High Representative to Chief Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman on Tuesday said Bangladesh, as a sovereign state, would maintain communication with whoever it wants taking its own interest into consideration.

"We will speak to whoever we want for our own interests. It doesn't matter who said what," he said while responding to a question about the Myanmar military government's opinion on Bangladesh's contact with the Arakan Army.

He said they have formulated an independent foreign policy and are implementing it. "You are witnessing this."

Khalilur Rahman said Myanmar has identified the Arakan Army as a militant entity, and Myanmar is also communicating wit...