India-Bangladesh Border Meet Today Amid Strain in Ties

Key issues to be taken up

- Prawesh Lama

NEW DELHI: The heads of the border guard forces of India and Bangladesh are scheduled to meet in Delhi on Monday for the first time since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government to discuss key issues, ranging from fencing at the border to attacks on Indian personnel, officials aware of the development said on Sunday.

The Indian side will be led by Border Security Force (BSF) director general (DG) Daljit Singh Chawdhary and the 10-member Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) delegation will be headed by Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui at the 55th Director General-Level Border Coordination Conference, scheduled from February 17-20.

"Construction of Single Row Fence (SRF), prevention of attacks on BSF personnel and civilian residents of border villages by Bangladesh-based miscreants, curbing transborder crimes, issues related to border infrastructure, action against Indian insurgent groups based in Bangladesh, and effective implementation of Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) are among the issues to be taken up in the meeting," BSF said in a statement.