US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to visit Bangladesh in 2012. The schedule of the visit is yet to be finalized. Hillary Clinton will visit Bangladesh at a time convenient to her. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has disclosed this information. She made the disclosure at a press conference at Bangladesh Mission at the UN Headquarters. She was addressing the press conference after presentation of Bangladesh's proposal to a UN committee on the country's maritime disputes with Burma.
Dr Dipu Moni said she had personal talks with Hillary Clinton. She had given a commitment to visit Bangladesh in the next year. The foreign minister said the matter will be made public after fixation of the schedule of the visit.
On a question whether Bangladesh prime minister has a chance to visit Washington, Dr Dipu Moni said: "Not at this moment, but talks are being held on the issue."
About Bangladesh's maritime disputes with Burma, the foreign minister at the conference said, "We have various technical points in support of our claims. Bangladesh has been demanding 850 nautical miles of the continental shelf." She expressed the hope that the issue will be resolve in the next year with mediation of the United Nations.
Country's Maritime Disputes
About the raising of country's maritime disputes with India at the UN committee, Dr Dipu Moni said, "The issue is likely to be raised by 2014." She expressed the hope that the disputes with Burma will be solved before that.
The foreign minister alleged that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-Jamaat-e-Islami alliance government during their tenure did not take any step to solve this problem. But she said this was a big issue of Bangladesh's national interest and security. Dr Dipu Moni said such big initiatives are often taken when Awami League is in power. And this is the history.
National Interest
He said Bangladesh will be owner of a big area in the sea if Dhaka's proposal is accepted at the UN committee. She said the country could get an area almost equal to its territory in the sea. In addition, she said that Bangladesh would get the chance of extracting invaluable mineral resources.
About the Tipaimukh Dam, the foreign minister said, "India has assured of us that they will not do anything detrimental to Bangladesh's interest.
Former Navy Chief Khurshed Alam and Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Abdul Momen were present at the news conference.
Dr Dipu Moni said she had personal talks with Hillary Clinton. She had given a commitment to visit Bangladesh in the next year. The foreign minister said the matter will be made public after fixation of the schedule of the visit.
On a question whether Bangladesh prime minister has a chance to visit Washington, Dr Dipu Moni said: "Not at this moment, but talks are being held on the issue."
About Bangladesh's maritime disputes with Burma, the foreign minister at the conference said, "We have various technical points in support of our claims. Bangladesh has been demanding 850 nautical miles of the continental shelf." She expressed the hope that the issue will be resolve in the next year with mediation of the United Nations.
Country's Maritime Disputes
About the raising of country's maritime disputes with India at the UN committee, Dr Dipu Moni said, "The issue is likely to be raised by 2014." She expressed the hope that the disputes with Burma will be solved before that.
The foreign minister alleged that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-Jamaat-e-Islami alliance government during their tenure did not take any step to solve this problem. But she said this was a big issue of Bangladesh's national interest and security. Dr Dipu Moni said such big initiatives are often taken when Awami League is in power. And this is the history.
National Interest
He said Bangladesh will be owner of a big area in the sea if Dhaka's proposal is accepted at the UN committee. She said the country could get an area almost equal to its territory in the sea. In addition, she said that Bangladesh would get the chance of extracting invaluable mineral resources.
About the Tipaimukh Dam, the foreign minister said, "India has assured of us that they will not do anything detrimental to Bangladesh's interest.
Former Navy Chief Khurshed Alam and Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Abdul Momen were present at the news conference.
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