'Verdict to help extract more mineral resources'

Unb, Dhaka, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 ... 
 
Speakers at a seminar yesterday said the “historic victory” in the legal fight with Myanmar on the maritime boundary will help the country extract more mineral resources.

The seminar was organised by University Swadhinata Shikkhak Parishad (teachers' council) at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) auditorium at Dhaka University.

Prime minister's Adviser Dr Alauddin Ahmed said the government will move ahead to “explore and extract the mineral resources from our maritime territory.” He urged all to work together to make use of the maritime boundary victory.

Additional Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (retd) M Khursid Alam gave a presentation on the verdict handed down by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

The present government first took the initiative to “conduct a seismic survey in our maritime boundary and this survey played a major role in gaining the victory over Myanmar on equitable basis,” he said.

Agriculturist and Awami League leader Bahauddin Nasim, Prof Nazrul Islam, Dr Sharif Enamul Haque and Pretrobangla Chairman Dr Hussain Monsur addressed the seminar, chaired by Prof AKM Saidul Haque Chowdhury.

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