DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain has sought India’s backing to revive the SAARC at a meeting with EAM Jaishankar at the sidelines of a multi-lateral conference in Muscat.
“Hossain sought to initiate discussions for the renewal of the Ganges Water Treaty signed in 1996 and emphasised the need for convening the SAARC Standing Committee meeting and requested New Delhi’s support on the matter,” a Bangladesh foreign ministry statement said after the two leaders met.