A goodwill trip
The PM’s Bangladesh visit was strong on optics and nobody minded
It was a copybook diplomatic visit. The Bangladeshis were eager to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka for their 50th independence anniversary celebrations. Modi, too, was keen to be there to paper over a few cracks in ties and to ensure relations stay on course. And since it was a goodwill trip, the lack of breakthrough agreements didn’t matter. However, there was one confidence-building measure before the trip: the opening of the Maitri Setu bridge shortening travel time from India’s North-East to Chittagong and Kolkata port. It’s an event that could pay huge dividends. It’s often forgotten how the ‘Bangladesh-locked’ North-East took an economic hit after Partition and the 1965 war.
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