Twice a year one in India and one in Bangladesh, director general-level meetings take place between Bangladesh and India.....
Digital desk: India and Bangladesh convened a Directors General Level Coordination Conference in Dhaka organized from 5-9 March, with an emphasis on strengthening border security and reducing trans-border crimes. Both parties reaffirmed their commitment to implementing a coordinated border management strategy, stepping up coordinated patrols, upholding human rights, and resolving border disputes peacefully.
Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh, led the team from Bangladesh, while Nitin Agarwal, Director General of Border Security Force (BSF), led the group from India.
Twice a year one in India and one in Bangladesh, director general-level meetings take place between Bangladesh and India. India and Bangladesh are neighbors with nearly every kind of interaction that can exist between them, as well as a shared civilizational past. Both nations' border guard forces have put in place reliable mechanisms to guarantee coordination between them when it comes to border management and guarding.
Both parties acknowledged one another's concerns and pledged to use ongoing, constructive, and positive engagement at all levels to amicably resolve various border disputes. Concerning the incident of assault/attack on BSF personnel by transborder criminals/miscreants based in Bangladesh, both parties committed to working together to reduce such incidents to the barest minimum by stepping up coordinated patrols, particularly in vulnerable areas in the late night and early morning, and educating the bordering population about the importance of the international border.
Highlighting the importance of the Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) in curbing transborder crimes, human trafficking, and illegal crossing, both sides agreed to pursue and share real-time information and investigation reports of traffickers.
Additionally, the two sides pledged to keep up their heightened vigilance to prevent such crimes and to make every effort to eliminate crime along the Indo-Bangladesh border. Following local laws, the parties also committed to assist victims of human trafficking and to make the necessary arrangements for their prompt rescue and rehabilitation.
Following a discussion of all the development projects within 150 yards of the international border, both parties decided to share the competent authority's approved design and move forward with six development projects on the Bangladeshi side. In addition to the aforementioned projects, BSF approved of BGB's proposal to build a structure to preserve the 18 freedom fighter graves in Tamabil and Sylhet as a goodwill gesture.
The two parties decided to carry on with all of their bilateral activities, including the quarterly meetings at the level of Nodal Officers, the coordinated joint patrolling, the games, and sports, the joint retreat ceremonies, the goodwill visits, the training exchange programs, the visits by journalists and school-age children, etc.
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