The minister suggested to question the Indian government about Ganga-Tista

Regarding the objection of the West Bengal state government on the Ganga and Teesta, the foreign minister termed the matter as 'internal' of India. Hasan Mahmood advised the journalists to ask this question to the Indian government. He said, it is better to ask this question to the Indian government. Only they can answer it correctly.

He gave this suggestion in response to a question while talking to the media after meeting with the outgoing ambassador of Sweden, Alexandra Berg von Lind, who was posted in Dhaka on Wednesday (June 26).

Mamata Banerjee officially expressed disagreement over the Ganga and Teesta issues. But Bangladesh did not get Teesta water because of the state government. Now the state government is coming forward again with hindrance. Do you see any hope in such a situation? - Asked to know the minister.

In response, the foreign minister said that the affairs of the state and the center are their internal affairs. Our Government negotiates and enters into MoUs or Agreements with the Central Government of India. There is consensus, there is disagreement; That is their internal matter. I don't want to talk about it.

Hasan Mahmud said, I think it is better to ask this question to the Indian government. Only they can answer it correctly. Because, it is their internal matter.

Regarding the renewal of the Ganga Treaty, he said, the Ganga Treaty has been discussed. It will run automatically even if there is no contract. The contract says so, before the contract is made that way. But we are discussing renewal.

During Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a technical team will soon go to Bangladesh for the conservation and restoration of the Teesta River. When asked when the technical team can come, the foreign minister said, it will take some time for the technical committee to come. We just turned around. Technical committee should be formed.

In response to the criticism about the reopening of the closed rail link with India, Hasan Mahmud said that there is rail link with India. Dhaka-Kolkata, Khulna-Kolkata rail communication. Then the North Bengal-Siliguri rail link. Before 1965 there was a lot of rail communication and after the war in 65 this rail communication stopped. Those that have been closed, we are working on slowly opening them up.

He said, not only is it happening with India, we are also discussing with Nepal and Bhutan that we can go by rail and road. We are discussing how to increase communication regionally.

A Bangladeshi named Nurul Islam was killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Kaliganj border in Lalmonirhat early this morning. When asked about this, Hashan Mahmud said, I heard the news from you. I'll have to check it out. But one thing I can say is that we discussed this time too (during the visit to Delhi) so that border killings come down to zero. Border killings are by no means desirable. Hopefully the border killings will gradually decrease and eventually come down to zero quota.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul and other leaders of the party do not understand the difference between the agreement and the MoU. laugh He said, "What should I reply to those who do not understand the agreement and compromise, that is revolving in my mind. There was no agreement with India, there was a compromise. When BNP was in power, they could not maintain proper relations with their neighbours. BNP opposes the government for no reason. All the MoUs that have been made are in the interest of Bangladesh.