The US Embassy in Dhaka refused to make any comment on the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) involvement in the August 15 coup leading to the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as written anew by an American journalist on the 30th anniversary of assassination of the leader Monday, reports UNB.

"No comment," a spokesman for the American mission told the news agency as Lawrence Lifschultz, who was in Dhaka during the topsy-turvy, reopened the wounds.

However, Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan said those who were in charge of the Foreign Ministry and in state power at that time should know who were involved in the killing.

"Because, the Awami League (AL) was replaced by the Awami League. The Speaker was there, the cabinet was there; fortunately the BNP was not there, BNP was not born at that time," he told diplomatic correspondents when they sought his comments.

Asked about the killing of the country's first President, he said, "All killings are heinous--we don't support any killing."

About opposition allegation that the alliance government is patronising the killers of Bangabandhu, Khan said, "Opposition is free to make any opinion; we believe in democracy, we believe in freedom of press."

Asked about the previous AL government's initiative to sign an extradition treaty with the United States (US) government to bring back some absconding convicts of the Bangabandhu murder case, who are believed to be hiding in America, he said, "We've not abandoned any initiative.

"They have tried for five years…we're successive government, but not the revolutionary government. This question has to be addressed to the nation," the Foreign Minister replied when a correspondent asked if being a successive government they are pursuing the initiative for extradition treaty.

BDNEWS adds: The Foreign Minister said the government did not condone any killers of Bangabandhu and turn down any efforts for extradition treaty with the USA to bring the killers home.

Talking to journalists at his office Monday when the nation was observing national mourning day across the country, Khan said the assassination was no doubt a hatred incident.