Dhaka: A top UN official on Monday termed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's dialogue offer to the opposition as a good "starting point" to resolve the current political crisis in Bangladesh, but feared the failure of talks could invite an unwanted scenario. "It is good starting point," visiting UN assistant secretary general Oscar Fernandez-Taranco said, referring to the Prime Minister's dialogue offer to opposition parties to end the ongoing political impasse in the country.
He, however, warned that the "history of Bangladesh" suggests what the consequence could be unless the political leadership could resolve their differences through a constructive dialogue on the electoral system. "The quicker the dialogue starts the easier it will be to find solutions," he said at a press conference on the final day of his four-day Bangladesh tour. Fernandez was apparently referring to the installation of the military-backed interim government in 2006 when the army intervened after the rivalry between the then ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party and opposition Awami League witnessed an extreme stage ahead of scheduled elections.
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