It renewed the assurances during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s virtual summit with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday. “They have said that they are continuing discussions to involve all the sides on the Teesta issue,” he added. Vikram Doraiswami, the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka, said they explained their position on the Teesta issue in the meeting. They directed the border forces -- India’s Border Security Force or BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB -- to enhance coordinate measures to work towards bringing such border incidents to zero, it added. Today, the Indian prime minister again promised that they will use non-lethal weapons,” said Momen.

Source: bd News24 December 17, 2020 17:18 UTC