Prime Minister Narendra Modi satisfied Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in Bangkok on Friday on the sidelines of the summit conference of the leaders of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral and Technical Cooperation (BIMSTEC) organizing.
This was the initial conference in between both leaders considering that the ouster of previous Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August in 2015.
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#WATCH|PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus hold a conference in
Bangkok, Thailand pic.twitter.com/4POheM34JJ .– RECTUM( @ANI )April 4, 2025
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar andNational Security Advisor Ajit Doval were additionally existing throughout the conference.In the visuals of the conference that appeared, PMModi and Yunus were seen participating in a company handshake in advance of reciprocal talks. They were additionally seen seated beside each various other at the BIMSTEC leaders’ supper on Thursday evening.
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The conference comes in the middle of the stretched connections in between India and Bangladesh after Yunus encountered flak from New Delhi for asking China to prolong its financial impact to Bangladesh, controversially stating that India’s northeastern states being landlocked can verify to be a chance.
The comment, obviously made throughout Yunus’ current four-day browse through to China, appeared on social media sites. Yunus’s mentions included in the stress in between New Delhi and Dhaka, which established close connections under Sheikh Hasina.
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It concerns discuss that New Delhi has actually not taken note of Dhaka’s persisting demands to extradite Hasina has actually included one more layer of difficulties. Bangladesh is the inbound chair of the BIMSTEC group.
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Since the acting federal government headed by Yunus actioned in complying with the ouster of Hasina in August 2024, the connections in between India and Bangladesh have actually seen a depression in the middle of Delhi’s worries over the physical violence targeting Hindus and a surge of hardline Islamist pressures there. During his browse through to China recently, Yunus claimed the 7 northeastern states of India are a landlocked area and have no chance to connect to the sea.
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Calling Bangladesh the “only guardian of the ocean” in the area, he claimed this can be a substantial chance and can be an expansion of the Chinese economic climate. The statements really did not decrease well in India, and Bangladeshi authorities have actually released explanation on Yunus’ declaration.
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(With firms’ Inputs)
