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No agreement in sea border talks with Delhi

But both sides claim talks 'fruitful'

Staff Correspondent
The three-day Bangladesh-India maritime boundary talks in Dhaka ended yesterday without reaching any agreements as both the sides were rigid on their stance on disputed issues, but both described the talks as'fruitful'.
The expert committees that represented the two countries at the talks will now report to the higher authorities their counterpart's views on maritime issues and then sit for further negotiations. No date for this was however fixed yesterday.
Asked by newsmen after the meeting held at the foreign ministry, both the delegations said talks started after 28 years and this itself is a progress.
Sources present at the meeting said one of the major issues at the talks was fixing the mid flow of the Hariabhanga river. Bangladesh's claim over South Taipatty island on the estuary of the Hariabhanga was disputed by the Indian side.
"We have discussed all issues concerned with maritime boundary demarcation. We must say the talk were fruitful but we need further discussion," said MAK Mahmud, deputy foreign secretary, who led the Bangladesh delegation.
" We sat after 28 years, and this itself is a development," he added.
The talks that began on Sunday resumed yesterday morning and continued until noon.
"We are technical delegations and our job is to find out each other's positions. We have discussed many techniques and methodologies," leader of the Indian delegation Rear Admiral B R Rao told The Daily Star while coming out the meeting venue.
"The talks were fruitful," said Rao, adding the date for the further talks will be fixed through diplo-matic channel. Bangladesh claims possession over South Taipatty island claiming the main flow of the Harianbhanga is the western one while India says the main flow is the eastern one.
Mid point of main channel of the river will the border of the two countries according to the Mr Radcliff, who separated the border of India and Pakistan in 1947. Bangladesh is situated on the eastern side of the river. Sea boundary demarcation has now become very important for oil and gas exploration.
India and Myanmar have to complete maritime demarcation with Bangladesh shortly as they arc set to file their claim in this regard to the UN on June 29 and May 21 respectively next year,
Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Bangladesh also has to file its claim byJuly27,2011.