Yunus pitch to China: India’s N-E landlocked, Bangladesh is your gateway

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PITCHING FOR “extension of the Chinese economy”, Bangladesh interim government’s chief advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that with Northeast India “landlocked”, Dhaka is the “only guardian of the ocean for all this region”. While Yunus made these remarks during his four-day visit to China last week (March 26 to 29), video clips of his speech were shared by the interim government on its social media handles. India has not reacted to his comments so far. “Seven states of India, eastern part of India, called seven sisters… they are landlocked country, landlocked region of India. They have no way to...