Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh Major General Shakil Ahmed leads a 20-member delegation and his Indian Border Security Force counterpart Shri Pankaj Kumar Singh heads a nine-member team at the five-day DG-level conference of the two border forces in the city on Sunday — BGB A five-day director general (DG)-level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) began in the city on Sunday, reports UNB.
Security issues like border killing; drugs, arms and ammunition; women and child trafficking; gold smuggling, illegal trespassing, and development work within 150 yards of the international border came for discussion.
Protection of riverbanks, exchange of information on armed extremist or terrorist groups; joint initiatives to implement the Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP); ways to increase trust between BGB and BSF were also discussed.
The two sides also talked about ways to prevent the illegal entry of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals into Bangladesh through India.
BGB DG Major General Shakil Ahmed is leading a 20-member delegation and his BSF counterpart Shri Pankaj Kumar Singh is heading a nine-member team.
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