UNB, Dhaka :
Clarifying the issue over a reported ‘legal notice to the President’, Telenor Group has said it was not a legal notice but an invitation letter to him for dialogue.
“Telenor Group sent an invitation letter for dialogue, and not a legal notice,” said said Cathrine Stang Lund, director, Group Communication Asia, Telenor Group in a statement on Sunday.
According to the treaty process, she said, such letters should be sent to Heads of State.
Telenor made Bilateral Investment Treaty with the Government of Bangladesh and the Government of Singapore.
Earlier on Thursday, Posts and
Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar said Grameenphone has sent a legal notice to the Bangladesh President through a legal agency in Singapore seeking arbitration with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) over its dues.
Cathrine Stang Lund said, “It’s Telenor Group’s position that we believe the disputed audit should be solved through dialogue, and that an amicable and transparent solution should be reached between the authorities of Bangladesh and Grameenphone.”
“It remains our hope that this can be solved without international arbitration. It’s an agreement establishing the terms and conditions for private investment by nationals and companies of one state in another state,” the statement said.
Clarifying the issue over a reported ‘legal notice to the President’, Telenor Group has said it was not a legal notice but an invitation letter to him for dialogue.
“Telenor Group sent an invitation letter for dialogue, and not a legal notice,” said said Cathrine Stang Lund, director, Group Communication Asia, Telenor Group in a statement on Sunday.
According to the treaty process, she said, such letters should be sent to Heads of State.
Telenor made Bilateral Investment Treaty with the Government of Bangladesh and the Government of Singapore.
Earlier on Thursday, Posts and
Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar said Grameenphone has sent a legal notice to the Bangladesh President through a legal agency in Singapore seeking arbitration with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) over its dues.
Cathrine Stang Lund said, “It’s Telenor Group’s position that we believe the disputed audit should be solved through dialogue, and that an amicable and transparent solution should be reached between the authorities of Bangladesh and Grameenphone.”
“It remains our hope that this can be solved without international arbitration. It’s an agreement establishing the terms and conditions for private investment by nationals and companies of one state in another state,” the statement said.
