Why a Pakistan cargo vessel’s arrival in Bangladesh is being hailed as a historic moment

File Chittagong Port in Bangladesh - (Getty Images)

A cargo vessel from Pakistan’s Karachi has docked at Bangladesh’s southeastern coast, marking the first-ever direct maritime contact between the two countries since the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.

The vessel from Karachi docked in Bangladesh’s Chittagong port on Wednesday, the Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh said.