It's time to move forward: Hina

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Friday that it is time to move forward to a better relationship between Pakistan and Bangladesh forgetting the past.
In response to her Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni's advocacy for a formal apology from Pakistan for the genocide and atrocities committed by Pak army during the 1971 Liberation War, Hina the 35-year old charismatic emissary said this on Friday.
"Since 1974, Pakistan in many occasions have already regretted for the 1971. It's time to look forward for the progress of the two nations", Foreign Secretary Mizarul Quayes told the journalist quoting Hina who met Dipu Moni.
Dipu told Hina that relation between Bangladesh and Pakistan will improve only after resolving the outstanding issues which include formal apology from Pakistan on 1971 genocide.
The Pakistan foreign minister held the meeting with her Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni at the foreign ministry for twenty-minutes starting from 11:25am.
Earlier around 10:15am, Hina arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal Airport by a special flight to invite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Islamabad to attend the Developing-8 Summit on November 22.
Foreign Secretary Mizarul Quayes received her at the airport.
After the meeting with Dipu Moni, Hina called on the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban around noon and handed over the invitation letter to her.
The Pakistan foreign minister later met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence.
Before leaving Dhaka, Hina told journalists that she had come to Bangladesh to invite its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the D8 summit set.
“I have been received with a lot of warm hospitality here and I hope we will give very warm reception when Bangladeshi prime minister and foreign minister will visit Pakistan,” she said.
“I just want to say that I bring the message of a future between our relation which is strong, which is guided by the strong words of religion of cultural affinity that exists between the people and the two countries, and we hope that future of the two countries will be even better than the past, ” Hina further said.
Later, she left Dhaka completing her five-hour visit around 3:30pm.