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Delhi committed to early Teesta solution: Krishna
SM Krishna New Delhi assured Dhaka on Monday that it is committed to an early solution to the Teesta river water sharing, saying that efforts are afoot to evolve a political consensus among stakeholders within India.
Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna gave the assurance at a joint press conference after the first Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting co-chaired by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni with Krishna in New Delhi.
The meeting decided to form a sub-group under the Joint River Commission to look into all issues related to the controversial Tipaimukh Dam.
Issues including border management, trade, extradition pact, and connectivity dominated the JCC meeting, according to Indian media reports.
The JCC was formed within the Bangladesh-India Framework Agreement on Cooperation for Development signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka in September last year.
Dipu Moni told journalists that she requested Krishna to ensure early ratification of the 1974 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement, including the additional protocol signed last year by New Delhi.
She said that Bangladesh also stressed early signing of the agreement on Teesta.
The foreign minister said Krishna assured her that India's proposed river-interlinking project would not include the rivers flowing from the Himalayas and hence would not pose any threat of downstream impact on Bangladesh.
Dipu Moni and Krishna reviewed the progress in utilisation of India's US$ 1 billion line of credit to Bangladesh.
The foreign minister, who is on a three-day visit to New Delhi, will call on Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and meet Indian Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday.
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