A four-day long border conference between the region commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and frontier IG of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) began in Sylhet on Monday.
The frontier talks between region commander, BGB (Sarail, Chattogram and Cox's Bazar region and Mymensingh sector) and frontier inspector general (IG), BSF (Meghalaya, Mizoram and Kachar, Guwahati and Tripura frontier) have begun under management of BGB Sarail Region headquarters, said Public Relations Officer of the BGB Headquarters Md Shariful Islam.
“It will end on Thursday,” he said.
Region Commander of BGB's Chattogram Region Headquarters Brig Gen Tanvir Gani Chowdhury has been leading a 13-member Bangladesh delegation, while IG of India's Tripura Frontier Shri Sumit Sharan has been leading a six-member Indian delegation in the conference.
Apart from senior BGB officials, the Bangladesh delegation also includes officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of Land Records and Survey.
Various important issues like border killings, illegal entry, smuggling including drugs, trafficking of women and children, various development activities within 150 yards of the international border, development of existing bilateral relations between the two countries would be discussed in the four-day long border conference.
Besides, various initiatives to enhance mutual trust between BGB and BSF would be also discussed.
