Kissinger declines to comment on 'basket case' theory
Saturday, 26 January 2008
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 25 (BSS): Former US secretary of State Henry Kissinger today declined to make any comment on his remarks calling post-independence Bangladesh a "basket case" as BSS approached him at this Swiss city of Davos.
"That was a moment in 1974. I won't make any comment on that issue now," he said as he was reminded of his harsh remarks he made 33 years ago.
Octogenarian Kissinger, who is now in Davos to join the high-profile World Economic Forum (WEF) conference of world's most influential political and financial leaders, initially could not recall his remarks saying "Bangladesh is a bottomless basket."
"That was a moment in 1974. I won't make any comment on that issue now," he said as he was reminded of his harsh remarks he made 33 years ago.
Octogenarian Kissinger, who is now in Davos to join the high-profile World Economic Forum (WEF) conference of world's most influential political and financial leaders, initially could not recall his remarks saying "Bangladesh is a bottomless basket."