High border guarding officers from India and Bangladesh will maintain talks from February 17 to twenty in New Delhi, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned on Friday.
It will likely be the primary high-level assembly between the border safety forces of the 2 international locations since final August, when the Sheikh Hasina regime collapsed and the interim authorities led by Noble Laureate Muhammad Yunus took over. It is going to additionally happen weeks after the 2 international locations had a face-off over the fencing of the border, with either side summoning the opposite’s envoys.
“The Director Common-level talks between the BSF and BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) are scheduled from February 17 to twenty, 2025 in New Delhi throughout which border-related points are proposed to be mentioned,” Randhir Jaiswal, official spokesperson of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, mentioned Friday.
“We anticipate all mutually agreed MoUs and agreements to be honoured. These type the idea for structured engagements between border guarding forces and facilitate creation of mutually helpful safety and commerce infrastructure alongside the border,” he mentioned.
On January 12 — hours after Dhaka alleged that India was making an attempt to assemble fences at 5 areas alongside Indo-Bangla border, violating a bilateral settlement, Bangladesh International Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin summoned Indian Excessive Commissioner Pranay Verma and “expressed deep concern” over the “latest actions alongside the Bangladesh-India” border.
In line with Bangladesh authorities, Jashim Uddin had pressured that such actions, notably “unauthorised try” to assemble barbed wire fencing and associated operational actions by BSF, have precipitated tensions and disturbances alongside the border.
After the meet, Verma had mentioned, “I simply met the International Secretary to debate India’s dedication to making sure a crime-free border, successfully addressing challenges of smuggling, motion of criminals and trafficking.” “We’ve got an understanding with regard to fencing border for safety. BSF and BGB have been in communication on this regard. We anticipate that understandings can be carried out and there can be a cooperative strategy to combating crime,” Verma had mentioned.
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A day later, New Delhi summoned Bangladesh Appearing Excessive Commissioner to India Nural Islam over “safety measures on the border, together with on fencing”. An official assertion from MEA had mentioned that it was conveyed that with regard to “safety measures on the border, together with on fencing, India noticed all protocols and agreements between the 2 governments and between the BSF and BGB”.
