India, April 3 -- Indian Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Thursday targeted Bangladesh Interim Government chief Muhammad Yunus over his comment on 'North-East' and said cooperation is not subject to "cherry-picking".

Speaking at the 6th BIMSTEC Summit in Thailand, Jaishankar sent out a strong message to Yunus and his administration and said India has the longest coastline in the Bay of Bengal.

Jaishankar said, "India is aware of its special responsibility in regard to BIMSTEC. We, after all, have the longest coastline in the Bay of Bengal, of almost 6500km."

"India shares borders not only with five BIMSTEC members, connects most of them, but also provides much of the interface between the Indian Sub-continent and ASEAN. Our...