Earlier reports had claimed that in her undelivered speech, Hasina had allegedly mentioned that her government would have survived had she handed over St Martin's Island to Washington.
According to Ahmad, Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had held a meeting with the US Ambassador to Pakistan, Josef S Farland, on February 28 that year, with pro-China Left leaning parties alleging at the time that the meeting was about giving the Monpura island to the US, in exchange for Washington's support.
As explained by a recent India Today article, St Martin's location, its proximity to the Bay of Bengal, and its maritime boundary with Myanmar could be the reasons behind international interest in the island, particularly from the US and China.
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