Dhaka keen to sign long-termTeesta deal: Secretary
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes said that Bangladesh was making all-out efforts to strike a long- term deal with neighbouring India on water sharing of the Teesta river.
"We are talking about a long-term deal...we also want to make such an agreement with India on water sharing of the Teesta river. But a hydrological survey is needed for this which is also a long-term exercise."
He was briefing the journalists at his office Saturday, reports BSS.
He said, "We do not want that the matter of water sharing is halted due to this time-consuming hydrological survey. So, we want to make an interim deal with India on water sharing of the Teesta."
"We are talking about a long-term deal...we also want to make such an agreement with India on water sharing of the Teesta river. But a hydrological survey is needed for this which is also a long-term exercise."
He was briefing the journalists at his office Saturday, reports BSS.
He said, "We do not want that the matter of water sharing is halted due to this time-consuming hydrological survey. So, we want to make an interim deal with India on water sharing of the Teesta."