Days after Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar hinted at a new trilateral grouping involving Dhaka, Beijing and Islamabad, Bangladeshi Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain said it is "strategically possible for Bangladesh to join a regional bloc with Pakistan excluding India", reported news agency, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).

Hossain, however, noted that joining the "strategic grouping" might not be feasible for Nepal or Bhutan.

"It is possible for us [Bangladesh] strategically... [but] it is not possible for Nepal or Bhutan to form a grouping with Pakistan excluding India," Hossain said on Wednesday.

Hossain's remarks follow Pakistan Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar's claim that a new Bangladesh-China-Pakistan trilateral has already begun and could widen to include m

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