Kaladan News
Dated: Friday, July 08, 2005
New
Delhi to Effort fastening in Dhaka
Chittagong,
July, 8: India will continue its efforts to
sort out the issues with Bangladesh to ease the laying of gas
pipeline from Burma to India through Bangladesh, according to UNB, Dhaka.
This
was decided at the India-Burma ministerial level meeting in New Delhi on 6th July 2005, when Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Mani Shankar Aiyar
had a wide-ranging discussion with his Burma counterpart Brig Gen
Lun Thi on enhancing
cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector.
Bangladesh did not participate
in the meeting as the invitation from the Indian side reportedly came only a
day ahead of the meeting.
But,
Bangladesh wants India to first address the issues of
trade imbalance, providing corridor for Nepalese goods to Bangladeshi ports and
access to hydroelectric potential in Bhutan.
Since
there has not been any progress in resolving the issues between India and Bangladesh, New Delhi and Rangoon took the initiative to find any possible
alternative to lay the gas pipeline directly between the two countries
excluding Bangladesh.
During
the meeting, the two sides discussed evacuation of gas from Burma through Burma-Bangladesh-India
pipeline and other alternatives, a release of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of India said yesterday.
The
release also said both sides agreed that the best alternative of gas evacuation from Burma to India be through
Burma-Bangladesh-India pipeline. ##
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