The existing relations between Awami League govt and the Saudi govt is cordial and growing every day

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Jamaat-e-Islami had sought the help of Saudi Arabia to stop the war crimes trials multiple times. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had asked for the intervention of the Saudi government to resolve the political impasse. But Saudi Arabia did not respond to these requests. The late King Abdullah had signed a decree deciding not to interfere in the internal affairs of Bangladesh, translations of some diplomatic documents regarding Bangladesh from those leaked by WikiLeaks recently reveal. Anticipating strains with the Sheikh Hasina-led government, the Saudi government did not even respond to Khaleda Zia's request for the treatment of Arafat Rahman. The diplomat mentioned that Saudi Arabia's state-controlled daily Saudi Gadget has published post-editorials, expressing concerns about the issue. A man who had worked as a consul for the Saudi embassy in Dhaka had written regularly in it. But nothing was said about stopping the trials, rather it talked of maintaining international standards in the trials and also confirmed that Saudi Arabia had not said anything to the government regarding the war crimes trial or internal politics. In his words, “The existing relations between Awami League government and the Saudi government are cordial and they are growing every day. Recently during the Yemen crisis, we responded to their request when Pakistan could not. They are very pleased at this.”

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