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Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has termed India a “longstanding friend" and extended her gratitude to the country for its “patience" as it “waits for a leader with the authority and expertise to return our country to stability".

In her first extensive conversation since leaving Dhaka, Hasina, while speaking to CNN-News18’s Manoj Gupta, also said Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus’s troubles with India “have nothing to do with me".

“India is a longstanding friend, and I am deeply grateful to the Indian people for welcoming me. As Bangladesh’s most important ally, India has an interest in seeing a stable, legitimate and democratically elected regime in Dhaka backed by the support of its people," she said.

Asked if Indian agencies and the po

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