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Bangla keen on implementing 1974 Indo-Bangla land agreement
Dhaka, Aug 08: Bangladesh has said it is eager to see the full implementation of the 1974 Indo-Bangla land boundary agreement and the issue of demarcation of boundary and exchange of enclaves between the two countries.
Dhaka, Aug 08: Bangladesh has said it is eager to see the full implementation of the 1974 Indo-Bangla land boundary agreement and the issue of demarcation of boundary and exchange of enclaves between the two countries.
"We are keen to see implementation of all provisions of the agreement," Bangladesh foreign secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury told reporters yesterday, adding the issues of demarcation of some 6.5 kms of boundary and exchange of the enclaves and "adversely possessed" lands need to be resolved.
He said the issue was discussed at the last foreign secretary-level meeting between the two countries here a few months back and a joint working group is working to complete the task, a 'The Daily Star' said in a report. He said Bangladesh had not relinquished its claim of the ownership on a "disputed" island named south Talpatty in the Bay of Bengal. He, however, hoped that the issue would be settled under UN convention on the law of the sea, adding any individual country cannot do it unilaterally.
Asked if Dhaka would lodge any protest against India's reported plan to link rivers in the upstream to supply water to dry Indian regions, the foreign secretary said the government is gathering all information from different sources before filing any protest.
About the Dhaka-Agartala bus service, Chowdhury said it would start at the end of the month. "We are confident that the bus service would start this month", he said. Bureau Report
He said the issue was discussed at the last foreign secretary-level meeting between the two countries here a few months back and a joint working group is working to complete the task, a 'The Daily Star' said in a report. He said Bangladesh had not relinquished its claim of the ownership on a "disputed" island named south Talpatty in the Bay of Bengal. He, however, hoped that the issue would be settled under UN convention on the law of the sea, adding any individual country cannot do it unilaterally.
Asked if Dhaka would lodge any protest against India's reported plan to link rivers in the upstream to supply water to dry Indian regions, the foreign secretary said the government is gathering all information from different sources before filing any protest.
About the Dhaka-Agartala bus service, Chowdhury said it would start at the end of the month. "We are confident that the bus service would start this month", he said. Bureau Report