Why did the interim government of Bangladesh suddenly change the chair of Foreign Secretary, Younus, weakening?

Bangladesh Political Crisis: After the coup of Sheikh Hasina, there is no ‘all healed’ with the interim government handling the rule in Bangladesh. On the one hand, the chief of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus is considering resigning, on the other hand, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Jashim Uddin has been removed from his post. Mohammad Yunus, who is leading the interim government of the country, was not synergy with his foreign affairs advisor Tauheed Hussain and now he has been removed from the post.

The order of the Ministry of External Affairs said, “A decision has been taken that till further orders, after the withdrawal of Foreign Secretary Jashim Uddin’s responsibilities, the regular works of the Foreign Secretary will be discharged by M Ruhul Alam Siddiqui.” The brief order signed by the Director General of the Ministry of External Affairs said that it will be effective from May 23 and was issued in public interest.

Meanwhile, the report of the country’s leading Bengali daily Prothom Aloo said that Secretary (East) Nazrul Islam has assumed several important responsibilities on the oral instructions of foreign advisor Hussain. In particular, Nazrul Islam led the Bangladesh delegation at the Foreign Secretary-level meeting with Japan in Tokyo on 15 May.

This was the first time in the five decades when no one other than the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh led such a meeting. Sources said that in the last 12 days, Jashim Uddin has not been present in any inter-ministerial meeting with two other officials of the rank of Secretary Rank, representing the Ministry.

Sources have confirmed that Jashim Uddin had differences with foreign policy makers regarding foreign policy priorities, especially the Rohingya crisis and the Rakhin Corridor.

Jashim Uddin opposed the initiatives of the human corridor and safe area for Rohingya refugees, which was carried forward by Younus and his National Security Advisor (NSA) Khalilur Rahman and was being supported by the United Nations.

Their views match with military leadership, who are afraid that the human corridor may prove to be a compromise with Bangladesh’s sovereignty without any strategic profit. Also, non-state external actors can infiltrate sensitive border areas and the influx of refugees can be seen instead of repatriation in the human corridor.

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