Bangladesh is in favour of setting up of a joint basin management system for common rivers, a top diplomat said on Friday, claiming water-sharing remains a "sensitive" issue between the two countries despite their relations reaching a new height.
"Our relation has reached at its height and we want to resolve all our problems through understanding. Although maximum issues have been solved, water-sharing still remains a sensitive one and we want a common basin management system for sharing of waters of common rivers," Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali said here.
He said Bangladesh was in favour of a "win-win situation" for equitable share of the common rivers as the country was facing the crisis of water and the rivers were drying up.
"This is also a fact that whatever water we get, we cannot make proper utilisation. We want a better understanding for use of water and a common basin management system can help both the countries," he said, reiterating that the relations between the two countries have touched a new horizon.