Maritime boundary with Myanmar
Over 25 years ago the UN law on the maritime boundary was enacted. Those of us who are responsible for demarcating our maritime boundary were napping and chose to do nothing. We have now about a year or two to meet the deadline. Myanmar has placed a rig in the area that both Bangladesh and Myanmar claim to be their own. Now my question is why had we been sleeping for such a long time? Should we not hold those people who are responsible for demarcating our maritime boundaries accountable for their criminal negligence? We recently had a meeting with India on maritime boundary demarcation. The whole meeting was centered on Talpatty island and the course of the Hariabhanga river. There was discussion on the maritime boundary. They are going to waste time on non issues and when the time will expire we will be compelled to accept whatever we are offered.
If we do not have the expertise in the field then we should hire experts from abroad, so that we are not deprived of our legitimate right to the resources that lie in our territory.
We just cannot afford to get our rightful share of the resources of the Bay because we do not have the expertise in the field. More important than expertise is the will to get our rightful share of the Bay and resources that are there. We do not have any time to waste. The authorities must form a special task force working on this project with the help of foreign experts. Wake up Bangladesh!
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