Teesta water-sharing agreement unlikely to be signed during Sheikh Hasina’s India visit

[idune]

Teesta water-sharing agreement unlikely to be signed during Sheikh Hasina’s India visit

NEW DELHI: Long overdue visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to fructify in April this year, albeit without the Teesta water sharing accord as the Mamta Banerjee government has not come on board.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as part of his “Neighbourhood First’ policy, had visited Bangladesh in 2015 and had settled the 41-year-old boundary dispute between the two countries. A similar historic Teesta Water sharing agreement was expected the long awaited visit of the Bangladesh Prime Minister. However, the Teesta water sharing agreement is stuck at the state government level.

“The Bangladesh Prime Minister’s visit would be happening in April and would be happening without the Teesta Agreement,” sources in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) told the New Indian Express.

During Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee stood next to the Prime Minister and expressed confidence of a “fair solution: to the sharing of the water of Teesta and Feni river. But all that is past now as the Centre and the West Bengal State government have lost their bonhomie. “It is difficult to get the West Bengal government on board with rift between the centre and the state,” the Government officials added.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will be a visiting to Dhaka between February 23rd and 24th. He will be meeting his Bangladeshi counterpart Md. Shahidul Haque. The two Foreign Secretaries are expected to work out details of Sheikh Hasina’s visit besides reviewing other areas of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

But the two countries are expected to ink over a dozen agreements during the visit, including that of using Chittagong port by India. “The Indian side has sent a long list of 41 agreements,” a Bangladeshi diplomat in New Delhi said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has proved herself to be an important ally of India by cracking down on extremists in the country where radicalisation has been on the rise. The two countries have been sharing intelligence to combat terrorism in the region.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/nat...uring-sheikh-hasinas-india-visit-1571738.html

 

[Srinivas]

where is the usual rant because of hate, insecurity of you in this post?

 

[Arsalan mehmud]

using Chittagong port by India

Now I can see BD already a union territory of India.. This was main motive of India for conspiring 1971..

 

[Banglar Bir]

 

[Ryuzaki]

First BD should sign defence treaty

 

[Stephen Cohen]

First BD should sign defence treaty

They cannot Import Chinese Weapons and tell us it is for peaceful purposes Only

 

[Sine Nomine]

They cannot Import Chinese Weapons and tell us it is for peaceful purposes Only

And share with you all source codes of sophisticated weapon systems and let you peep into every systems thoroughly if needed and an Indian officer should be present in every BD Army Unit,an officer over every naval ship and air force base.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

And share with you all source codes of sophisticated weapon systems and let you peep into every systems thoroughly if needed and an Indian officer should be present in every BD Army Unit,an officer over every naval ship and air force base.

We will take care of or interests ; No matter what

You can ADVISE Bangladesh if they need your advice

 

[Sine Nomine]

We will take care of or interests ; No matter what

You can ADVISE Bangladesh if they need your advice

Haha Yes I know mighty Indian Empire is good at bullying small neighbour's.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Haha Yes I know mighty Indian Empire is good at bullying small neighbour's.

You should help Afghanistan with their security problems

 

[Species]

First BD should sign defence treaty

We will but first, demilitarise all your installations in Bay of Bengal and the Northeast!

 

[Tehari_Haleem]

Teesta Water sharing agreement

 

[Sine Nomine]

You should help Afghanistan with their security problems

We are helping them by all possible means.

 

[Nilgiri]

And share with you all source codes of sophisticated weapon systems and let you peep into every systems thoroughly if needed and an Indian officer should be present in every BD Army Unit,an officer over every naval ship and air force base.

BD/India "cooperation" already does that. There is nothing even semi-important that they own that has not been thoroughly been given inspection/vetting/permission (officially or unofficially) by India (permanent presence on any major asset is managed by pro-Indian elements in BD military).

Defense treaty signing would concern only future acquisitions and financing to some limited level (and SHW will have to decide how much she can balance regarding that image wise).

Don't let the frustration venting of BD members in this forum fool you regarding the well established reality for decades now....just need to look at the token acquisitions from Russia/China by BD and question why no dedicated C4I as well (which is the most important thing to stake military sovereignty). 99% of BD defence posters here dont even know what C4I is....hence the quality of this forum and its discussions even in the actual defence threads.

 

[idune]

question why no dedicated C4I as well (which is the most important thing to stake military sovereignty). 99% of BD defence posters here dont even know what C4I is....hence the quality of this forum and its discussions even in the actual defence threads.

Bangladesh PM inaugurates Pak made Air Defence System
Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005

ISLAMABAD Mar 17 : Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khalida Zia inaugurated the Air Defense Control & Command System prepared by Air Weapon Complex (AWC), Pakistan in Dhaka on Thursday.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by AWC team led by Director General, AWC, Air vice Marshal, Raja Tariq Mehmood.

Bangladesh floated a tender for Air Defense Automation System with integrate War gaming for Bangladesh Air Force, AWC’s technical and financial proposal was deemed as the most attractive and a contract was signed between AWC and Bangladesh government in June, 2003.

AWC a constituent organization of National Engineering & Scientific Commission (NESCOM) also conducted comprehensive and detailed operational maintenance training of Bangladesh Air Force personnel in Pakistan. Additionally an ongoing training program has also been conducted in Bangladesh.

As a fresh milestone in its journey of glory AWC has succeeded in indigenous development of command and Control system. Given the local development of the system, AWC does not depend on any foreign company agency for supply or support, hence ensuring an uninterruptible supply, support and maintenance of the system.

The salient feature of this system is its reliability under all weather/geographical conditions. It provides the commander easier to make necessary adjustments in operation plan. The system’s competence, reliability, mobility and all we weather friendliness proven during its trials deeply impressed our brotherly country Bangladesh and AWC’s aggressive marketing persuaded Bangladesh to purchase the system for its Air Force.

Air Weapons Complex (AWC), is an enterprising young organization with its roots going back to 1992. Although, still a nascent organization, it has established itself as a leader in the field of support systems and air defense for the Armed Forces of Pakistan.

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