Amid the tense scenario in Bangladesh and India giving shelter to the former PM of its neighbour, Sheikh Hasina, the former said that both Bangladesh and India must have "good working relations" with each other and described New Delhi as Dhaka's "largest neighbour."

Speaking to ANI, Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Advisor, Mohammed Touhid Hossain said that they agreed to maintain working relations but they did not discuss the issue of Sheikh Hasina.

"I think my conversation with Dr Jaishankar was constructive. It seems to me that both India and Bangladesh want to have good working relations with each other. And Dr. Jaishankar recognised that. I would put it very simply; we both had free and fair discussions and we both recognised that we must have good working relations with each other," the Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser said late on Monday.

"The issue of Sheikh Hasina was not discussed with him," he told ANI.

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Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Adviser, Mohammed Touhid Hossain recently had a meeting with External Affairs Minister of India, S Jaishankar in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Touhid clarified that everything will go as usual despite the fact that the process of issuance of visas has not achieved normalcy.

"Trade has been going on. After the short gap, immediate after the fall of the government, trade again picked up going on. The projects that are ongoing and approved agreements definitely go on," he said.

"About the people-to-people contact, the Indian visa offices are not opened as yet fully. It is up to them when they will do it. This is the decision of the Indian government when that happened, people have the visas to go to India. Our offices in India are issuing visas to those who are coming for Bangladesh visas. I think even though there is some pause some times, it is pick up," Touhid added.

He also assured that bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India "will continue normally."

Notably, Bangladesh recently imposed a ban on the export of Hilsa fish ahead of Durga Puja celebrations in India.

"I think we have a lot of commonalities as well as a lot of complimentary. I think the bilateral relations interest being...particular relations will continue normally and as I said, both countries recognised that they need the help of the other country," he said.

(With inputs from ANI)