UNB, Dhaka :
Urging the hill people to have patience a little bit more, Prime Minister’s international affairs adviser Dr
Gowher Rizvi on Sunday assured that the government will fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Treaty of 1997 soon.
“Our Prime Minister has signed the peace accord, and she’s now going ahead with her strong commitment and courage to implement it. I only request the people of CHT to have
patience a little bit more as we’re going to fully implement the treaty very soon,” he said. He came up with the assurance while addressing a programme celebrating Bangladesh-ICIMOD Partnership Day 2016 at a city hotel.
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry jointly arranged the programme to strengthen the organisation’s engagement in Bangladesh.
Gowher Rizvi said, the government made a tremendous progress in implementing the CHT peace accord over the last 6-7 years. “We’ve all most completed the peace treaty that our Prime Minister had signed in 1997. But, we couldn’t fully implement it as the land dispute there is yet to be resolved.”
He further said, “There’s good news that the draft of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution (amendment) Bill is ready to table in parliament. We hope it’ll be placed and passed soon.”
Urging the hill people to have patience a little bit more, Prime Minister’s international affairs adviser Dr
Gowher Rizvi on Sunday assured that the government will fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Treaty of 1997 soon.
“Our Prime Minister has signed the peace accord, and she’s now going ahead with her strong commitment and courage to implement it. I only request the people of CHT to have
patience a little bit more as we’re going to fully implement the treaty very soon,” he said. He came up with the assurance while addressing a programme celebrating Bangladesh-ICIMOD Partnership Day 2016 at a city hotel.
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry jointly arranged the programme to strengthen the organisation’s engagement in Bangladesh.
Gowher Rizvi said, the government made a tremendous progress in implementing the CHT peace accord over the last 6-7 years. “We’ve all most completed the peace treaty that our Prime Minister had signed in 1997. But, we couldn’t fully implement it as the land dispute there is yet to be resolved.”
He further said, “There’s good news that the draft of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution (amendment) Bill is ready to table in parliament. We hope it’ll be placed and passed soon.”
