PM hopeful of solving Teesta issue with India

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday she was hopeful of solving the pending Teesta water sharing issue with India as Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale paid a courtesy call on her, reports BSS.

"We've resolved many problems. Now one problem remains to be resolved is Teesta issue," Premier's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her as saying while briefing reporters after the meeting at the PM's Jatiya Sangsad office Monday evening.

According to Karim, Gokhale, on the other hand, said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to fulfill all the commitments with Bangladesh. "We're monitoring all the projects with Bangladesh," the Indian foreign secretary said.

The top bureaucrat of India's foreign ministry simultaneously conveyed the Bangladesh premier of New Delhi's allout efforts to stand by Dhaka in resolving the Rohingya crisis.

He said India would continue to urge Myanmar to take back its nationals from Bangladesh.

According to Karim the premier sought mounting Indian pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation.