Maritime boundary with India
This is not for a debate or putting counter arguments against the article by Mr Mamunur Reza published in The Daily Star on 9 January 2013 titled 'In response to 'Maritime boundary with India: Tough days ahead' by M. Inamul Haque; but for expressing thanks and regards to him to bring this matter to public concern by responding to my article. Yes, I am not a student of law, but I do not believe any legal matter should have limited access to those who have legal backgrounds only. I express full respect to the world famous experts like Dr. Joseph R. Curray of USA, Dr. Hermann Kudrass of Germany and Dr. Lindsay Parson of UK. I express full respect to Mr Mamunur Reza as well, who has studied Law of the Sea at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK and University of New Hampshire, USA; but, I shall never agree with the Map 2 he has produced in his article. The other Map 3 in his article is not of much relevance, and Map 1 is the map published in my article in The Daily Star on 14 November 2009.
The Map 2 clearly indicates what can be one outcome of the case with India: sea locked by the maritime limits of India from the west and Myanmar from the east. The fear of this type of unacceptable situation provoked me to write the article published on 30 December 2012. My observation is, one should not produce such maps which can be misleading and frustrating. I appreciate the way Mr Mamunur Reza has argued to express his command on the matter. It seems that Mr Mamunur Reza was, and is very much associated with the team assigned by the government to deal with our maritime rights. I shall ask him and the team to work for our way out to the open sea, through our own maritime boundary (Continental Shelf) in our legal battle with India.
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