'Regional cooperation a must for energy security'
Labour, Expatiates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said regional cooperation must be strengthened to ensure development in the area of energy and power.
There is enormous scope for regional cooperation among the south Asian countries but due to lack of political farsightedness such cooperation could not be achieved, he said while addressing the 'Dr Engineer MA Rashid Commemorative Lecture' at the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) yesterday.
The IEB organised the lecture on the occasion of its 53rd convention.
He said Saarc was founded 25 years ago for strengthening regional cooperation but no remarkable progress could be made during this period. Political instability and lack of institutional democratic practice are the major barriers in the way of strengthening regional cooperation, he added.
About the disputes over demarcation of maritime boundary, he said the present government has initiated talks with India and Myanmar to settle the issue.
IEB's former president Prof Engineer Jamilur Reza Chowdhury chaired the lecture. Engineer Delwar Bakth, former managing director of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, presented the keynote paper.
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