India ends transshipment pact with Bangladesh after Yunus remark

India has withdrawn the transshipment facility it extended to Bangladesh for exports to the Middle East, Europe and various other countries through its ports and airports amid increasing strain in bilateral ties.
The move came days after head of Dhaka’s interim government Muhammad Yunus made a controversial statement in China saying India’s northeastern states, which share a nearly 1,600-km border with Bangladesh, are “landlocked” and have no way to reach the ocean except through his country.

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