The director common (DG) stage border talks between India and Bangladesh that had been to be held between November 18 and 22 have been postponed on Bangladesh’s request, officers conscious of the matter in India stated.
Final week, the chiefs of the border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh had mutually agreed on the dates for the biannual director generals’ assembly subsequent month. Main Basic Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, director common of the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), was scheduled to guide the Bangladesh delegation in the course of the talks hosted by the BSF in New Delhi.
“They’ve formally confirmed about being unable to return to New Delhi on the proposed dates. They stated they’ll suggest a brand new date. Final night time, BGB additionally issued press statements to the Bangladesh media about being unable to attend the talks due to the political state of affairs of their nation. The brand new dates are but to be introduced,” a senior BSF officer stated.
The Bangladesh media quoted, BGB Deputy Director Basic (Media) Colonel Mohammad Shariful Islam confirming the event. “ With approval from the house ministry, the BGB requested the BSF to delay the assembly by a month, as BGB officers are at the moment deployed throughout the nation because of the current state of affairs,” the officer was quoted in Bangladesh media.
The assembly, although routine, is important this time as a result of it’s the first one which might be held after the regime change in Bangladesh on August 5. It comes in opposition to the backdrop of a string of current incidents wherein the 2 forces have been locked in an deadlock.
The latest was over BGB guards ostensibly failing to cease armed criminals from coming into India. Whereas the Bangladesh excessive fee lodged a protest over a Bangladesh nationwide’s demise in India on October 7, BSF officers throughout a sector commandant-level flag assembly knowledgeable their counterparts that the armed intruders had crossed into Indian territory, attacked a jawan, and tried to grab his rifle throughout which one of many males was shot lifeless.
The Indian facet might be led by BSF director common Daljit Chaudhary.
The final DG-level meet was hosted by BGB in Dhaka in March 2024. The talks are hosted twice a 12 months — as soon as every in India and Bangladesh.
Officers stated that among the many points that the Indian facet will flag might be assaults on jawans; BGB personnel on the bottom stopping BSF from finishing up building works; security of minorities residing within the border villages; arrest of Indian fishermen who was by chance strayed into Bangladeshi territory however had been tagged as armed criminals; and tried mass infiltration into India. After the August 5 regime change in Bangladesh, BGB has additionally stopped BSF from persevering with the continuing building work alongside the border at over half a dozen locations.
