, Nov. 22 -- President of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman on Saturday said India, as a friendly neighbour, should respect Bangladesh's legal systems and return former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh.

"If India respects international norms and rules, and international order, then India as a friendly neighbour, should respect Bangladesh's legal systems," he said while responding to a question during a session at the Bay of Bengal Conversation in Dhaka.

Muniruzzaman said Hasina's trial has gone through all international standards legal systems under which she was convicted. "And that's a legal system that should be respected by all our neighbours," he added.

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