Maritime Boundary with Myanmar
FM to present case in int'l tribunal
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni leaves for Hamburg today in the morning to present Bangladesh's case concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary with Myanmar.
The hearing that began on September 5 at the International Tribunal for Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg will continue through September 22.
Dipu Moni will present Bangladesh's views on equitable sharing of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Continental Shelf in the Bay of Bengal against Myanmar's method of equidistance.
Additional Foreign Secretary (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea [UNCLOS]) Rear Admiral (retd) Khurshid Alam, who will accompany Dipu Moni, told the news agency that closing hearing on Bangladesh's arguments will be held on September 21-22.
He expects that the ITLOS would give its judgment in the case in March-April next year.
Dipu Moni presented Bangladesh's claim on the continental shelf at the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) at the UN Headquarters in New York on August 24.
Bangladesh put up its claim under the provisions of Article 76 of the UNCLOS 1982.
Bangladesh's claim on the continental shelf extends from 390 to 460 nautical miles (850 km) southwards from its coastline.
Dhaka submitted its claim to the CLCS on February 25 this year, four months ahead of the deadline.
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