‘How shall we go?’: Dhaka says Tarique Rahman not invited for BRICS Summit, puts 100+ bilateral agreements under review

Source: Business Today | Original Published At: 2026-09-12 05:54:50 UTC

Key Points

• Bangladesh will not be represented at the BRICS summit in any official capacity, according to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir.
• Kobir said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was not invited to the summit as Bangladesh's Prime Minister, but only in his capacity as BIMSTEC chair.
• The confusion was linked to India's August invitation to the chairs of regional organisations attending the summit.
• India announced representatives for ASEAN, the African Union, CELAC, the GCC and the Eurasian Economic Union, but no representative from Bangladesh was named.
• Bangladesh is reviewing more than 100 agreements signed with India amid strained bilateral ties and stalled talks on a separate bilateral visit by Rahman.