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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina pays a 3-day official trip to Pakistan to become listed on an worldwide summit later this month, a spokesperson of her office stated Saturday.

Dhaka has additionally requested Islamabad to apologies for that atrocities committed by its troops throughout the 1971 Liberation War.

"She (Hasina) has made the decision to go to Pakistan to become listed on the D-8 summit" in the invitation of Pakistan Leader Asif Ali Zardari, premier's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad stated.

The conformation came a next day of Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar handed her within the invitation letter for that summit from the Development-8, a grouping of eight nations with Muslim majority population.

The summit in Islamabad is scheduled for November 22 and Hasina is anticipated to achieve Pakistan on November 21, which may be her first tour towards the Pakistani capital since her ruling Awami League was chosen to energy in December 2008 general elections.

Foreign ministry authorities earlier stated foreign minister Dipu Moni might represent the premier in the summit.

The visit seems crucial as Dhaka-Islamabad ties previously 4 years were restricted to a trip of Bangladesh's Education and Commerce Ministers and Speaker to Islamabad and Foreign Secretary-level official consultation services in November 2010.

The incumbent government continues to be demanding Islamabad's official apology for that Pakistani troops' atrocities throughout the 1971 war.

Repatriation of countless million Urdu-speaking individuals who tell you they are stranded Pakistanis and discussing of insightful pre-1971 undivided Pakistan remain outstanding issues in bilateral ties.

The Bangladesh foreign minister yesterday reiterated demands for that formal apology in talks with Khar, who showed up within her maiden one-day tour to give the D-8 summit's invitation letter to Hasina.

"(Bangladesh) Foreign Minister Dipu Moni stated Bangladesh needs an apology from Pakistan for that genocides completed by their troops in 1971" in talks with Khar, foreign secretary Mijarul Quayes told newsmen following the meeting.

Khar stated since 1974 Islamabad "at different occasions and various manners expressed its regret for those 1971 occurrences" while it is the time for you to proceed forward burying the bitter past.

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