Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged a conspiracy to create a Christian state by partitioning parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar, similar to the formation of East Timor. She claimed she was offered an easy reelection in January if she permitted a foreign nation to establish an airbase in Bangladesh, without disclosing the country’s name.
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
“Like East Timor, they will carve out a Christian country taking parts of Bangladesh [Chattogram] and Myanmar with a base in the Bay of Bengal,” Sheikh Hasina, the Awami League president, said in a meeting on Thursday, as reported by The Daily Star. It was the 14-party alliance’s first meeting with the Awami League president after the polls.
Offer Came from a White Man: Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina vowed to resist any attempts to disrupt regional stability and said she is determined to combat such conspiracies.
“The offer came from a white man,” Sheikh Hasina said without revealing any details.
“It may appear that it is aimed at only one country, but it is not. I know where else they intend to go,” she said, adding that there will be more trouble, but she is not worried about it.
“If I allowed a certain country to build an airbase in Bangladesh, then I would have had no problem.”
She accused the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of plotting against the election process.
Indirect Reference to the US? Bangladeshi leaders have claimed that Washington has been eyeing St. Martin’s Island, a small island in the southernmost part of the country.
In early 2023, during a press conference, Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the US Department of State, stated that the United States has never discussed taking control of St. Martin’s Island and has no intention of doing so, Eurasian Times reported.
