Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said only Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina can decide the next course of action regarding AK Abdul Momen's foreign ministership.
He said: "I do not know whether Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen would lose the portfolio for his recent controversial statement."
He made the remarks while talking to journalists at a programme on Wednesday.
"Some days ago, he
made a slip of tongue. I have no authority to say whether he will lose his post as minister. Prime minister has the authority," the minister said."There is no rule that foreign ministers always accompany prime ministers during her trips…He
is a human being, he can fall sick," the minister added.Quader, also the general secretary of Awami League, said external affairs minister of India does not always accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The minister also said that the outcome of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India is a matter of happiness as seven memorandum of understandings and five agreements were signed during it.
"We did not return empty handed. I am happy that India has given all the things we needed to combat the present crisis and save our people," he said replying to another query.
"We did not have agreement on water sharing of the Teesta this time and during her last visit, but we have the Kushiara water sharing agreement," he said.
