New delhi:
The border forces of India and bangladesh will hold their bi-nnual talks in Delhi next week with issues G the discussion points, an official statement said on Friday.
The 55th Director General-Level Border Coordination Conference BSF and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be Organized at the Border Security Force (BSF) Y.
This would be the first top-level meeting between the two sides after the fall of the sheikh hasna government in August last last year.
The Indian Side will be LED by BSF Director General (DG) Daljit Singh Chawdhary whose BGB Delegation will be Headed by Maj General Mohammad Ashrafuzaman Sidddikui.
The conference is being organized to discus border-Related issues and for better coordination between bot the border guarding forces, the BSF said in a statement.
Discussions will be help on prevention of Attack/Assault on BSF Personnel and Indian Civilians By Bangladesh-Based Criminals/Nationals, How to Prevent Trans-Borter Crimes, Consstruce- Instal Indian Insurgent Groups in Bangladesh, issues related to border Infrastructure, joint efforts for effective implementation of coordinated border management plan, Confidence building measures and other issues.
The last edition of these bi-nanual talks was help in dhaka in March last year.
The 4,096 km long India-bangladesh boundary spans five states-West Bengal (2,217 km), Tripura (856 km), meghalaya (443 km), assam (262 km) and mizoram (318 km). The BSF is designated as the lead security and intelligence-gathering agency for this front.
The ties between the two counts under strain after the neighbors summoned Each other’s high commissioners in December last year.
Who Bangladesh expressed to the Indian High Commissioner its concern over the “Activities” of the BSF VIS-A-Vis Fence Erection and Border Killings, India Made It Clear to the acting bangladiahi L Laid Down Protocols Were Being Followed while Constructing the fence.
The government also informed parloment in the budget session that India has conveyed to bangladesh that it expects a cooperative approach from the neightry for combating cots-bor Der Fencing Work.
Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai Said in a Written Reply in Parliament that the unfined part of this front was 864.482 km, which includes 174.51 km of “non-feasible” gap.
“Construction of fence is an important measure for security the border. Criminals and Trafficking, “Rai said.
He added the challenges faced in completeing the “feasible” stretches of fencing projects related to land acquisition, BGB Objections, Limited Working Season and Landslide/MARSHY LAND.
The BSF Last Month Said Its “Strong Objection” LED to the Stopping of “Illegal” Construction by Bangladeshi Citizens and Its Frontier Force Along the International Border In West Bengal in recent times.
According to Sources who spoke to pti, the Indian side is expected to put across institutes of spiked infiltration attempts by bangladeshi nationals across access
These instances are linked to human trafficking and cross-border smugging, the sources said earlier.
Bangladesh’s Interim Government Had recently said in dhaka that it would seek to scrap some “Uneven agreements” on borders with India during the requests of the directions of the border guards of the border guards to Between February 17-20.
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