Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori has said he would prefer to refrain from commenting on Bangladesh's upcoming election, calling it an internal affair.
“I would refrain from making any comments on this. It is an internal affair of Bangladesh,” he said on Wednesday when a journalist wanted to know Japan's position on the subject after the bilateral ties between the two countries were elevated to a strategic partnership during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent official visit.
The ambassador was briefing the media at the Japanese embassy on the recent meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, in Tokyo.
Iwama Kiminori made the remark when during the briefing, a journalist referred to the previous Japanese ambassador's comment in November.
At the invitation of Kishida Fumio, Sheikh Hasina made an official visit to Japan and had a summit meeting on April 26.