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Sep 27, 2026
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
When Jai Shankar came, Jai Shankar, before that also, we pulled out from SAC.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
We instead focused on BIMSTEC.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
And then Jai Shankar explained when he became the foreign minister that now ACT-EAST policy of the Modi government is completely aligned with with the foreign policy of the Americans and the military policy of the Americans for Indo-Pacific region.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
So we aligned ourselves completely with the Americans.
Rajendra KhetanGUEST
Then from the Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan.
Rajendra KhetanGUEST
If we cover this much, and there is a European in the regional bloc, and there is an Asian in the BIMSTEC.
Rajendra KhetanGUEST
If we cover this much, our 12 diplomacy figures will work for identity.
Rajendra KhetanGUEST
Now, what can we do with them? As I said earlier, what can we give them? And what can we give them? That's the only thing we can do.
Suhasini HaidarHOST
Does it matter that India's neighbors were not present for one reason, uh, or another?
Ajay BisariaGUEST
I think it does, and I think, uh, it would have been a much better situation, uh, if, uh, the neighbors were present, uh, with the BIMSTEC neighbors, if not the SAARC neighbors.
Ajay BisariaGUEST
And, um, I...
Ajay BisariaGUEST
But I think there were a couple of, uh, geopolitical accidents, uh, in terms of Bangladesh.
Keshav PadmanabhanHOST
The visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tariq Rahman to New Delhi was canceled at the last minute in August.
Keshav PadmanabhanHOST
The Bangladeshi Prime Minister did not attend the BRICS Leaders' Summit in New Delhi over the weekend, despite being invited as the chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC, as a part of India's outreach to regional organizations.
Keshav PadmanabhanHOST
Dhaka sent no representative.
Keshav PadmanabhanHOST
Hamidullah in his current role as High Commissioner to India did not attend the summit either.
Suhasini HaidarHOST
The glaring absence, if any, was of regional leaders of South Asia.
Suhasini HaidarHOST
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tariq Rehman declined the invitation, according to officials there, because the invitation to him was only addressed to the BIMSTEC chair, not to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Suhasini HaidarHOST
Clearly, there are many tensions there.
Suhasini HaidarHOST
And although this is seen as a self-goal by Dhaka, It was also the fact that no other neighboring country leader was there, as had been the case in previous BRICS summits in India, as well as the G20 summit, the Artificial Intelligence summit and others.
Esha SharmaHOST
And now in some news making global headlines, Bangladesh today ruled out Prime Minister Tarique Rahman traveling to India this week for the BRICS Summit, saying he was not invited in his capacity as Bangladesh Prime Minister.
Esha SharmaHOST
India, however, has said it invited Rahman to the summit's outreach session as the current chair of BIMSTEC.
Esha SharmaHOST
India, which currently holds the BRICS chair, is scheduled to host the eighteenth BRICS Summit in New Delhi on twelfth of September and thirteenth of September.
Esha SharmaHOST
The summit will bring together leaders from BRICS member and partner countries as well as outreach invitees.