Modi assures to resolve LBA, Teesta water sharing issues

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he is very much serious to resolve the pending issues like Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and Teesta water sharing agreement with Bangladesh. ‘I am very much serious to resolve the LBA and Teesta water sharing deal with Bangladesh and I am exploring the ways to resolve these issues,’ he said during his maiden meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at his (Modi) hotel suite in New York on Saturday afternoon (US eastern standard time). After the meeting, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque briefed reporters. PM’s Media Advisor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury was present. The foreign secretary said the meeting was held in a very warm, relaxed and open environment. At the meeting, Sheikh Hasina said that there are some issues with India like the LBA and Teesta water sharing that remained unresolved. ‘We want quick solution of these issues,’ she said. Modi assured of his country’s full support for overall development of Bangladesh. The two premiers gave utmost importance to the regional cooperation development. Modi also assured that New Delhi will always stand by Bangladesh, saying the potentials that exist in the South Asian region will have to be harnessed together, according to a news agency.