Bangladesh on Tuesday told India that if New Delhi failed to sign the 1974 land boundary agreement and its additional protocol that the two countries signed in September 2011, it would send out "a very wrong signal".
Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mirajul Quayes is understood to have conveyed to his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai Dhaka's concern over implementation of the agreement and the protocol signed during Indian Prime Minister's visit to Dhaka last year.
Quayes and Mathai on Tuesday led the Bangladesh and Indian delegations respectively in the annual bilateral Foreign Office Consultation.
Sources with knowledge of the matter said that Quayes stressed early implementation of the land boundary deal and the protocol during his talks with Mathai.
A spokesman for the India's Ministry of External Affairs said the two sides had "cordial, constructive and comprehensive" talks on the entire gamut of bilateral relations, including cooperation in political and security related matters, border management, counter-terrorism, trade and investment, water resources, power cooperation, including in renewable energy, connectivity, development cooperation and increasing people-to-people ties.
He said the issue of the stalled negotiation for the agreement on sharing of water of river Teesta was also raised during the Foreign Office Consultation.
The Indian Foreign Secretary is understood to have reiterated to his counterpart that New Delhi was committed to continuing negotiations for an agreement to share the water of Teesta, but at present it was engaged in internal discussions with the State Governments of West Bengal and Sikkim.
Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mirajul Quayes is understood to have conveyed to his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai Dhaka's concern over implementation of the agreement and the protocol signed during Indian Prime Minister's visit to Dhaka last year.
Quayes and Mathai on Tuesday led the Bangladesh and Indian delegations respectively in the annual bilateral Foreign Office Consultation.
Sources with knowledge of the matter said that Quayes stressed early implementation of the land boundary deal and the protocol during his talks with Mathai.
A spokesman for the India's Ministry of External Affairs said the two sides had "cordial, constructive and comprehensive" talks on the entire gamut of bilateral relations, including cooperation in political and security related matters, border management, counter-terrorism, trade and investment, water resources, power cooperation, including in renewable energy, connectivity, development cooperation and increasing people-to-people ties.
He said the issue of the stalled negotiation for the agreement on sharing of water of river Teesta was also raised during the Foreign Office Consultation.
The Indian Foreign Secretary is understood to have reiterated to his counterpart that New Delhi was committed to continuing negotiations for an agreement to share the water of Teesta, but at present it was engaged in internal discussions with the State Governments of West Bengal and Sikkim.
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