Bangladesh Open to Joining Bloc with Pakistan, Sans India

Pakistan signals openness to regional bloc with Bangladesh without India

Statement by Islamabad comes after Dhaka said it 'is strategically possible for Bangladesh to join a regional grouping with Pakistan, excluding India' - Anadolu Ajansı

Bangladesh open to joining bloc with Pakistan, sans India

Dhaka's foreign adviser says it is possible for Bangladesh strategically but not for Nepal, Bhutan to join grouping excluding India.

PAKISTAN SIGNALS OPENNESS TO REGIONAL BLOC WITH BANGLADESH WITHOUT INDIA

Fri 12 December 2025: Pakistan on Thursday signaled openness to forming a regional grouping with Bangladesh after Dhaka’s top foreign affairs adviser said such an alignment was strategically possible without India. Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said a day earlier that it “is strategically possible for Bangladesh to join a regional grouping with […]

Bangladesh says regional grouping with Pakistan, sans India, ‘strategically possible’

Touhid says perhaps at some point this could see some progress

Pakistan Pushes For A South Asian Bloc Without India; Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan And Even Maldives May Not Join

Pakistan is making a renewed push to challenge India’s dominant position in South Asian geopolitics by proposing a new regional bloc that ex...