Dhaka: Ahead of Bangladesh Foreign Minister
Dipu Moni`s maiden official visit to India, Dhaka on Saturday said
it considered the Tipaimukh dam and the maritime boundary
issue as "important" and "urgent" matters concerning its
foreign relations.
Foreign secretary Mizarul Quayes in his first press
conference after assuming office, said Dhaka had sought more
technical information from New Delhi on the cross-border dam
in Manipur.
He also categorised issues of maritime boundary with New
Delhi and Yangon and the Tipaimukh dam as "important" and
"urgent".
Quayes said the report of the Bangladeshi parliamentary
delegation to the site of the proposed Tipaimukh dam on the
common Barak River was being examined by experts.
He said talks on the maritime boundary with both Yangon
and New Delhi were underway noting that the issue involved
"sensitivity on both sides".
"We have several issues with neighbours... we want to
settle them on a win-win basis as neighbours are constant and
relations should be based on constant basis through continued
engagements," he told reporters.
Moni is likely to undertake her maiden official visit to
India on September 8 to discuss a host of bilateral topics
including security, water and maritime boundary issues.
Bureau Report
