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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Dhaka protests Indian intrusion in Bangladesh waters

angladesh summoned India's High Commissioner yesterday to protest exploration work by Indian ships in gas-rich Bangladesh territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal.

Foreign Secretary Touhid Hossain summoned Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty and handed over a written protest urging an immediate cessation of survey activities, spokesman Yeakub Ali said.

Asked about the Indian response, he said the envoy would send the note to New Delhi to convey Dhaka's concern and get back the reaction.

He hoped that the survey ships would stop survey or development work following Dhaka's protest, which came in the wake of reports about Indian ships' trespassing on Bangladesh's territorial waters.

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