New Delhi, March 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus will likely cross paths at next month's Bimstec Summit in Thailand, but a formal meeting on the margins of the event is unlikely, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Modi and Yunus are set to attend the summit of the regional grouping being held in Bangkok during April 3-4. Bangladesh's de facto foreign minister Touhid Hossain confirmed on Thursday that Dhaka has made a formal request for a meeting on the margins of the summit. This will be the first time that Modi and Yunus will be attending the same multilateral event.

The current state of the bilateral relationship is not conducive to a meeting between the top lead...