Negotiations with India on shared river water issue to start soon: Addtl foreign secy

Negotiations with India on shared river water issue to start soon: Addtl foreign secy

Bangladesh will soon start negotiations with India on water issues of shared rivers, Additional Foreign Secretary Riaz Hamidullah said today (25 September).
"Bangladesh has discussed ways to activate established mechanisms with India to continue discussions on issues of mutual interest," he said on Tuesday night (New York time) when a reporter wanted to know about the recent meeting between Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the UNGA.
He went on to day, "This was the first meeting between them."