Indian PM Modi and Bangladesh's Yunus hold first talks after Hasina exit


India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a press conference with Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra at the Government House, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

BANGKOK (Reuters) - India's prime minister met with the head of Bangladesh's interim government on the sidelines of a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, the Bangladesh government's press office said, their first meeting since the ouster of Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina last year.

Relations between the South Asian neighbours, which were robust under Hasina, have deteriorated since she fled the country in August in the face of massive student-led protests and sought shelter in India.

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