DHAKA, Jan. 28 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday defended the government's decision to set up a UAV (drone) manufacturing and assembly plant in Bangladesh with support from China, stressing that it matters little what others may think about the move.

"If Bangladesh plans to establish a factory or sets up a factory with the support of another country, it will be done in the interest of Bangladesh and based on its own decision. It does not matter who thinks what about Bangladesh's decision," he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when asked about a recent agreement with China.

Hossain posed a counter question, asking, "Does his opinion carry any importance regarding whatever happens in India or Pakist...