NEW DELHI, April 17 -- India on Thursday said the decision to end an arrangement for trans-shipment of Bangladeshi cargo to third countries was a response to measures by Dhaka, including closure of three land ports and halting of yarn imports, that had a bearing on bilateral trade.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a weekly briefing that India wants a "positive and constructive" relationship with Bangladesh and the move to end the trans-shipment arrangement will not affect Bangladesh's trade with Bhutan and Nepal via Indian territory.

India last week ended a nearly five-year-old arrangement for trans-shipment of Bangladeshi export cargo to third countries through Indian airports and ports against the backdrop o...