<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Foreign Minister and Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Hasan Mahmud has said India's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is their internal matter.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"As Bangladesh is a neighboring country, we are keeping an eye on the matter," he said on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasan made the remarks when journalists wanted to know about Bangladesh position regarding the law during a view exchange meeting in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalisation for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec. 31, 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>The law excludes Muslims, who are a majority in all three nations.</div><div><br></div><div>Responding to a question on US remarks regarding Bangladesh election, the Foreign Minister said any office of the United States can give their opinion.</div><div><br></div><div>They said the opposition did not participate but out of 44 registered political parties in Bangladesh, 29 participated in the elections, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>And non-participation of any particular political party is not the responsibility of the government, it is the responsibility of that party, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>"That party instead called to resist the election. For that purpose, they incited violence in the country and only those who were involved in that violence were arrested," Hasan said.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States has said that they are working to advance the partnership and relations with Bangladesh, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>"We are also working to make the relations with the United States closer and expand our multi-dimensional relations," he said, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>Hasan said most of the countries, including the United States, have expressed their intention to advance relations with Bangladesh in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>Governments and heads of state of about 80 countries of the world have congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>"Even the President of the United States has written to the Prime Minister expressing his intention to take the relationship to the next evel," he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>