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Myanmar's Border Guard Police on Sunday apologised for the provocative acts along the border, including the repeated violation of Bangladesh’s airspace by helicopters and shelling inside its territory.
The Myanmar border force officials at a flag meeting with the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) at Shaparir Dwip of Teknaf also assured the BGB of no recurrence of such incidents in the future.
The battalion commander-level flag meeting continued for five hours at BGB’s rest house “South Point.”
After the meeting, a pre-briefing was held at 2 BGB Battalion in Teknaf where Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar, leader of the BGB delegation said that the two sides discussed the issue of border shelling.
“When there was a strong protest against the incidents of shelling and helicopters violating the airspace of Bangladesh several times, the BGP expressed its sorrow and promised that such incidents would not happen again,” he told the media.
In the meeting, various discussions were held to prevent smuggling and trespassing, he added.
Both sides agreed to work collaboratively to de-escalate tension along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
“BGP was called to a flag meeting at the invitation of the 2 BGB Battalion to discuss the emerging situation on the border. They agreed to attend the meeting on 25 October,” said Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar.
However, due to cyclone Sitrang, the meeting was deferred to Sunday.
According to BGB, the meeting was held in a cordial manner where both sides agreed to work together to strengthen border security. “Through such meetings, the relationship between the two border forces will continue to improve,” the BGB official added.
