PM Narendra Modi, Bangladesh’s Yunus hold first talks amid tensions since Sheikh Hasina fled to India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bangladesh chief advisor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the sixth BIMSTEC Summit in Thailand’s Bangkok on Friday.
The bilateral meeting comes after Dhaka had requested a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit to sort out differences, but Modi’s schedule in Thailand did not mention the requested meeting.
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The two nations saw tensions in ties due to differences over the alleged instances of violence targeting Hindu minorities in Bangladesh and India’s decision to grant asylum to Sheikh Hasina.
Tensions in bilateral ties also seem to have escalated after Yunus’s comment on India’s northeastern states during his visit to the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference in China.
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