‘No progress over Teesta deal’


FE Team | Published: May 23, 2018 17:22:03 | Updated: May 23, 2018 19:50:56


‘No progress over Teesta deal’

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday indicated that there is no progress over Teesta water-sharing deal saying that the purpose of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Kolkata visit is something different.

"You'll come to know about it in due time," he told reporters when asked about Teesta deal progress, without elaborating further.

He, however, said there will be a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during the visit.

The Foreign Minister was briefing reporters at the Foreign Ministry on the PM's Kolkata visit.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary M Shabidul Haque were present.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Kolkata on Friday to attend Visva Bharati Convocation Ceremony as the Guest of Honour and receive Degree of Doctor of Literature at Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol.

She will also inaugurate Bangladesh Bhaban jointly with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Visva Bharati and hold a meeting with him there.

A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her entourage will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:30am (local time) on Friday for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, Kolkata. It will land at NSCBI Airport at 9:00am (local time).

From there, Sheikh Hasina will depart for Visva Bharati, Santiniketan by a helicopter.

Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati Professor Sabuj Koli Sen will receive the Prime Minister at Santiniketan.

Narendra Modi will receive Sheikh Hasina at Rabindra Bhaban. She will then place flowers at Rabindra chair, reports UNB.

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