The hearing on the case related to the Bay of Bengal maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India concluded at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Netherlands on Monday. The Arbitral Tribunal constituted on the matter of the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration between Bangladesh and India has just concluded its hearing on the merits, said a Foreign Ministry media release on Thursday.
The hearing was held from December 9 to December 18 at the Peace Palace in The Hague, it said.
The Netherlands-based PCA is expected to deliver its judgment by the first half of the next year. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Attorney General of India Goolam E Vahanvati made opening statements on behalf of the parties.
-With UNB/The Independent input
