Bangladesh-Myanmar row escalates

Published November 3, 2008

DHAKA, Nov 2: Bangladesh has sent a naval patrol to a stretch of the Bay of Bengal disputed with Myanmar after ships from the neighbouring nation began oil and gas exploration activities, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Dhaka on Sunday.

Dhaka also summoned the Myanmar envoy to lodge a formal protest and to urge the neighbour to remove its vessels and equipment from the site until the row over the sea border was resolved, he said.

Bangladesh and Myanmar have been holding on-off talks for years to demarcate their borders in the Bay of Bengal which is considered rich in gas reserves.

But Myanmar had already begun exploration activities in the disputed area, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said.—Reuters

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