The leaders met on sidelines of BIMSTEC summit. Yunus last week provoked New Delhi with statement that Bangladesh ‘only guardian’ of ocean in region as India’s Northeast ‘landlocked’.
India’s ‘neighbourhod first’ policy seems to have gone awry with most immediate and distant neighbours tilting toward China, impacting the regional balance of power.
The first bilateral meet between Modi & Yunus is set to take place in Bangkok on the margins of the BIMSTEC leaders summit. Dhaka is set to become chair of the regional grouping.
At BIMSTEC ministerial meeting, the EAM highlights the importance of India’s Northeast for the region, in the wake of Yunus’s ‘ocean guardian’ remark for Bangladesh in China.
By inviting the Chinese companies to the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project, Yunus may have added an extra friction point in ties with India.
Reacting to Bangladesh chief adviser Yunus's remarks on Northeast, BJP ally Pradyot says Chittagong hill tracts were always inhabited by indigenous tribes which wanted to be part of India.
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In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.
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