Bangladesh Foreign Minister’s Statement
By A Staff Reporter, Commenting on the reported move by Pakistan seeking extradition of its former Ambassador in Iraq Mr. A. F. M. Abul Fateh, the Bangladesh Foreign Minister, Khondokar Moshtaque Ahmed said in Mujibnagar on Wednesday that he was “amazed to learn that the Pakistan Government has asked some countries” for Mr. Fateh’s extradition. Mr. Fateh has been charged with taking away the Pakistan Embassy’s money in Iraq.
Mr. Ahmed said : “In taking away the Pakistan Embassy funds in Iraq, Mr. Fateh has only carried out the order of the Bangladesh Government and has undertaken a timely exercise of redeeming a portion of the rightful share of Bangladesh in Pakistani funds and properties.”
Reference: Hindustan Standard, 16.09.1971