'Teesta water-sharing still at assurance level'

India has again assured Bangladesh of resolving the issue of Teesta water sharing, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam.

“We are still at the assurance level. We believe that the commitment that India gave us will be delivered, though it may take time,” he was quoted by UNB as saying.

The state minister said this at a press briefing held at Bangladesh House here after bilateral talks between visiting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

He, however, said that the big achievement of this tour of the PM Hasina has been the MoU on the withdrawal of water from bordering Kushiyara River by Bangladesh.

This was among the seven MoUs signed between the two countries on the second day of Hasina's four-day state visit to India on Tuesday.