India hopes arbitration would help solve maritime disputes

Dhaka, Oct 24 (PTI) India has expressed the hope that
Bangladesh's decision to seek arbitration in an international
tribunal will settle the maritime disputes between the two
countries as bilateral negotiations on the issue could make
"little headway".


"We think the UN arbitration can resolve the dispute as
the bilateral negotiations on the issue could make little
headway," Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
told 'Samakal' newspaper.
He said the two countries also did not take much effort
to solve the issue bilaterally as "Bangladesh and India had
discussions on the issue 22 years ago and twice recently".
Bangladesh had recently decided to seek resolution of its
maritime disputes with India and Myanmar in an international
tribunal through arbitration, saying the current negotiations
with the neighbours were unlikely to settle the issue in the
near future.
Meanwhile, Myanmar's envoy said Phae Thann Oo his country
was "a little disappointed" by Dhaka's decision earlier this
month to seek resolution of its maritime disputes in the UN
tribunal.
"We are a little (bit)disappointed. We don't think it is
necessary to go for arbitration," he told private UNB news
agency. (MORE) PTI AR
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