Possibility of Bangladesh PM's India visit 'slim': Adviser New Delhi: The chances of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visiting India next month for the BRICS Summit are “slim” unless Dhaka and New Delhi build an environment based on “mutual trust” and India extends a “dignified invitation”, Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir has said. Kobir said Dhaka was in no hurry to arrange a high-level visit without clearly defined national interests. “There is no justification for rushing into a top-level visit by going beyond the national interest,” Kobir told state-run BSS news agency in an interview published on Thursday. The interview was conducted on August 17. His comments came amid uncertainty over Rahman's proposed visit to New Delhi for the BRICS Summit on September 12-13. India-Bangladesh ties have faced fresh strain over Dhaka's demand for the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. “The possibility of the Prime Minister visiting India ahead of the upcoming BRICS Summit remains slim unless an appropriate environment is created based on consensus between the two countries on specific issues and a dignified invitation,” Kobir said. However, he said Bangladesh could consider participating in the BRICS Summit positively if the two countries create an “appropriate” bilateral environment based on “mutual trust” and consensus. On Tuesday, Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had conveyed that the two leaders needed to meet. He also said PM Modi wanted Rahman's proposed India visit to be “memorable”. “Prime Minister Modi just mentioned one thing. We need to meet. And you can tell them on my behalf that you have the prime minister of India's assurance that when the honourable prime minister of Bangladesh visits India, he will have such an honourable reception as he deserves,” Trivedi said. He was speaking at a reception hosted by the Indian High Commission for leading Bangladeshi business leaders and a visiting delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry. Kobir, who is also the Joint Secretary General of the ruling BNP's International Affairs Committee, said the future of Bangladesh-India ties and any visit by Rahman would depend on a change in the Indian leadership's approach and its understanding of recent political developments in Bangladesh. He referred to the youth-led protests in 2024 that resulted in the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. Kobir said India needed to “properly understand the reality” of those events and the sacrifices made during the movement. He also criticised India for allowing Hasina, who fled to India after the political upheaval, to use Indian territory for political activities and media appearances. Kobir said this had caused anger in Bangladesh. He alleged that giving political or media space to people facing criminal cases or convictions “is contrary to India's democratic etiquette”. India's Ministry of External Affairs, however, said it had no role in the media event involving Hasina and did not endorse comments made at the forum about the Bangladesh government.