The foreign minister has met the West Bengal chief minister.
According to foreign ministry sources, Dipu Moni met Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening in Kolkata on her way back to Dhaka.
The meeting lasted about half an hour, they said declining to make any comment on what transpired at the meeting.
On Tuesday, attending an IOR-ARC meeting in Bangalore, India, the foreign minister told that she would go to West Bengal.
Asked whether there would be meeting Mamata, Dipu Moni had said, "Hopefully."
Earlier, a close aide of the foreign minister confirmed that the minister would go to Kolkata and meet Mamata.
"She has brought a Dhakai Jamdani saree for Mamata," he said seeking anonymity for not being authorised to brief the media.
Dipu Moni also met her Indian counterpart S M Krishna on the margin of the IOR-ARC meeting in Bangalore. She told afterwards that India was hopeful about inking the Teesta deal "soon".
Asked about reports of internal hindrance to the water-sharing deal involving the Indian central government and the Paschimbanga state, the foreign minister said she would not say there was an internal obstacle.
"It's a procedural problem," she said.
Taking a question from , Krishna said at the news briefing, "Yes, we did discuss about Teesta."
"An agreement is around the corner. We hope we would come to a settlement," he said without giving any time frame.
The Teesta water-sharing agreement between Dhaka and Delhi ran into troubled waters after Mamata backed out of a visit to Dhaka with India prime minister Manmohan Singh in early September.
Dhaka has been trying to pacify Mamata who is said to be upset with the final draft of pact that was to be signed during the high-profile Dhaka visit.
After she decided to walk out of the visit, which eventually turned the tour into a diplomatic embarrassment for the Manmohan administration, Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai made it clear that no agreement will be signed without the state's consent.
According to foreign ministry sources, Dipu Moni met Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening in Kolkata on her way back to Dhaka.
The meeting lasted about half an hour, they said declining to make any comment on what transpired at the meeting.
On Tuesday, attending an IOR-ARC meeting in Bangalore, India, the foreign minister told that she would go to West Bengal.
Asked whether there would be meeting Mamata, Dipu Moni had said, "Hopefully."
Earlier, a close aide of the foreign minister confirmed that the minister would go to Kolkata and meet Mamata.
"She has brought a Dhakai Jamdani saree for Mamata," he said seeking anonymity for not being authorised to brief the media.
Dipu Moni also met her Indian counterpart S M Krishna on the margin of the IOR-ARC meeting in Bangalore. She told afterwards that India was hopeful about inking the Teesta deal "soon".
Asked about reports of internal hindrance to the water-sharing deal involving the Indian central government and the Paschimbanga state, the foreign minister said she would not say there was an internal obstacle.
"It's a procedural problem," she said.
Taking a question from , Krishna said at the news briefing, "Yes, we did discuss about Teesta."
"An agreement is around the corner. We hope we would come to a settlement," he said without giving any time frame.
The Teesta water-sharing agreement between Dhaka and Delhi ran into troubled waters after Mamata backed out of a visit to Dhaka with India prime minister Manmohan Singh in early September.
Dhaka has been trying to pacify Mamata who is said to be upset with the final draft of pact that was to be signed during the high-profile Dhaka visit.
After she decided to walk out of the visit, which eventually turned the tour into a diplomatic embarrassment for the Manmohan administration, Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai made it clear that no agreement will be signed without the state's consent.
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