Teesta water distribution problem should be solved: Dr. Yunus

According to the international law, the issue of water distribution between the two countries must be said by the chief advisor of the interim government. Muhammad Yunus.

An interview the chief adviser gave to India's state-owned news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) was published on Friday (September 6). Dr. last Sunday. Yunus gave this interview at his official residence in Dhaka.

Professor in the interview. Yunus said that the interim government will discuss with India the way to resolve the differences on the Teesta river water sharing agreement which has been pending for a long time. The issue has been hanging for a long time, no country is benefiting from it.

He said, sitting on the matter (water distribution) is of no use. If I knew how much water I would get, it would be better. Even if I'm not happy with the amount of water, that's no problem. The matter must be resolved.

Dr. about pressing India soon. Yunus said, 'The word pressure (push) is very big. I'm not saying this. We will discuss. But we have to sit together and solve the problem.

Dr. in the interview. Yunus said, this is not a new issue, but a very old issue. We have talked about this several times. The discussion about this started from the Pakistan regime. When we all wanted to finalize that agreement, even the Indian government was ready; The state government of West Bengal was not ready for this then. We have to solve it.

He said that downstream countries like Bangladesh have specific rights to uphold their rights. We have to solve this issue according to international norms. The downstream countries have certain rights and we want those rights.