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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bangladesh’s interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok in 2025.
- Modi cautioned Yunus that “rhetoric that vitiates the environment is best avoided,” signaling India’s displeasure over Northeast references.
- Yunus had described India’s Northeast as “landlocked” while pitching Bangladesh’s strategic potential to China.
- India rejected Yunus’s remark, reaffirming the Northeast’s centrality in BIMSTEC connectivity and regional integration.
- EAM S. Jaishankar stated that India has the longest coastline in the Bay of Bengal, spanning almost 6,500 km.
- India’s Northeast is emerging as a key connectivity hub under BIMSTEC, connecting South Asia with ASEAN.
- Completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway will connect Northeast India to the Pacific Ocean.
- Modi emphasized India’s people-centric approach and reiterated support for a democratic, inclusive Bangladesh.
- India warned against allowing China-Bangladesh strategic alignment under a radical Islamist-backed regime.
- India conveyed concerns over the safety of minorities in Bangladesh, urging thorough investigations into atrocities.
- The meeting marked the first high-level India-Bangladesh contact since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in 2024.
- The Chicken’s Neck corridor remains a strategic vulnerability, linking Northeast India to the rest of the country.
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma warned that provocative foreign remarks reflect deeper strategic agendas.
- CM Sarma called for alternative road and rail routes bypassing the Chicken’s Neck to secure connectivity.
- Illegal migration from Bangladesh and failure to implement the Assam Accord continue to strain Northeast security.
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