Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nepal Prime Minister Ok. P. Sharma Oli and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on the dinner hosted by Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for leaders of the BIMSTEC grouping, in Bangkok on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus had been seated collectively on the dinner hosted by Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for leaders of the BIMSTEC grouping in Bangkok.

Mr. Yunus’ workplace shared pictures of the Bangladesh Chief Advisor seated subsequent to Mr. Modi at Lodge Shangri-La on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.

Mr. Modi is also likely to meet Mr. Yunus on Friday (April 4, 2025) on the sidelines of the sixth summit of the leaders of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Financial Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

Because the interim authorities headed by Mr. Yunus stepped in following the ouster of the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, the ties between India and Bangladesh have seen a stoop amid Delhi’s issues over the violence focusing on Hindus and an increase of hardline Islamist forces there.

Throughout his go to to China final week, Mr. Yunus urged Beijing to increase its financial affect to Bangladesh, controversially mentioning that India’s northeastern states being landlocked may show to be a possibility.

Mr. Yunus mentioned the seven northeastern states of India are a landlocked area and haven’t any option to attain out to the ocean.

Calling Bangladesh the “solely guardian of the ocean” within the area, he mentioned this may very well be an enormous alternative and may very well be an extension of the Chinese language economic system.

The remarks didn’t go down properly in India and Bangladesh officers have issued clarification on Mr. Yunus’ assertion.