Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:46am on 03 Apr 2025,Thursday India Global
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar emphasized India’s long Bay of Bengal coastline and its commitment to BIMSTEC, countering Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus. Yunus, during his China visit, controversially stated that India's Northeast is landlocked and Bangladesh is the region’s "only guardian of the ocean." Jaishankar, at the BIMSTEC Summit, asserted that India has the longest Bay of Bengal coastline and plays a key role in regional connectivity. He warned against “cherry-picking” cooperation and stressed concerns over extremism and terrorism. India-Bangladesh ties have strained since Yunus’s rise to power. (PC: PTI)
