India did not invite Bangladesh PM Rahman for BRICS; invite was for BIMSTEC Chair: Dhaka
India clarified that the invitation extended to Bangladesh’s leader, Tarique Rahman, was not for participation in the BRICS summit but in his role as chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi‑Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). The foreign ministry’s state minister emphasized the invitation pertained to BIMSTEC duties, not his position as prime minister.