In Thailand, PM Modi Meets Bangladesh’s Yunus For First Time Since Sheikh Hasina’s Ouster

<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bangladesh’s interim government’s chief adviser Muhammad Yunus in Thailand for the first time since the ouster of former PM Sheikh Hasina. The two leaders met during the ongoing BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>On Thursday evening, PM Modi and Yunus were also seen sitting together at a dinner hostedat the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Bangkok.</p>
<p>PM Modi had landed in Bangkok on a visit to Thailand to participate in the 6th BIMSTEC Summit on Thursday morning. He was received by Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.</p>
<h3>PM Modi Meets Yunus Amid Row Over Northeast ‘Landlocked’ Remark</h3>
<p>The meeting comes amid heightened tensions in bilateral relations between New Delhi and Dhaka following Hasina’s ouster on August 5 last year and the Nobel laureate taking charge of the interim government.</p>
<p>The tenions increased after instances of violence targeting Hindu minorities in Bangladesh surfaced after the Awami League-led government was overthrown, and India granted asylum to Hasina.</p>
<p>The recent escalation in tensions between India and Bangladesh came after Yunu’s “landlocked” comment on India’s northeastern states during his four-day China visit.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Yunus had called Bangladesh the “only guardian of the ocean” during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference, calling it a massive opportunity.</p>
<p>”The seven states of India, the eastern part of India, are called the seven sisters. They are a landlocked region of India. They have no way to reach out to the ocean,” Yunus said.</p>