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The Yuan Xiang Fa Zhan was the first container ship to sail directly between the two countries in decades.

The first cargo ship in decades to sail directly from Pakistan to Bangladesh successfully unloaded its containers, port officials said on Sunday, as both sides seek to rebuild ties after decades of frosty relations.

The two countries, once one nation, split in 1971 after a brutal war, with Bangladesh then drawing closer to Pakistan’s rival India.

But its ties with New Delhi have frayed after a student-led revolution in August toppled Bangladesh’s autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India by helicopter.

The 182-metre (597-foot) long container ship – the Panama-flagged Yuan Xiang Fa Zhan – had sailed from Pakistan’s Karachi to Bangladesh’s Chittagong.

The route will “promote new opportunities for businesses on both sides”, Maroof wrote on Facebook.

In September, Bangladesh eased import restrictions on Pakistani goods, which previously required a mandatory physical inspection on arrival which resulted in long delays.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interesting… it will also be interesting to see what India does here, since they effectively control Bangladesh’s shipping access.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only if India mounts a naval blockade, which would be rather drastic.

The 182-metre (597-foot) long container ship – the Panama-flagged Yuan Xiang Fa Zhan – had sailed from Pakistan’s Karachi to Bangladesh’s Chittagong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Look at a map of where Bangladeshi shipping has to go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know what the map looks like, and my point still stands: Is India going to break international law to blockade Bangladesh?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That’s the question, isn’t it?

China and the US are unlikely to care right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The situation seems to be:

  • I have no reason to believe that India would.
  • You see no reason why India wouldn’t.
  • I have no idea how you came to believe that India would.

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India isn’t blockading Pakistan today, so why should I think it will tomorrow? Seizing ships docked at Indian ports is a far cry from a naval blockade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago