'71 atrocities: BD likely to demand Pak apology

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UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh will raise the long-pending issue of seeking unconditional and formal apology from Pakistan for the barbarities of its forces on innocent Bangladeshi civilians in 1971 during the next round of Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) to be held here on Thursday.
Bangladesh will also raise Pakistan’s repeated ‘brazen attempts’ to meddle in internal affairs centering trials of war criminals seeking an end to such
interference as the trial of war criminals is a people’ s demand, a diplomat told UNB on Tuesday. Talking to this correspondent, a senior Foreign Ministry official, however, said the FOC is taking place after a long six-year gap, it will be a ‘friendliness’ one.
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