Dhaka, Islamabad Inch Closer With Historic Sea Link. How It Impacts India

New Delhi:

A Pakistani cargo ship docked at Bangladesh’s Chittagong port last week, marking the first-ever direct maritime contact between the two countries in over five decades. The vessel from Karachi has successfully unloaded its containers at Bangladesh’s southeastern coast, port officials told news agency AFP on Sunday, as both sides seek to rebuild ties frosty since the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. 

The direct maritime links between Pakistan and Bangladesh underscores a historic shift in the traditionally complex relationship between India’s western and eastern neighbours. It also has implications on New Delhi’s security establishment especially due to Bangladesh’s proximity to India’s northeastern states.