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The Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) discussed “illegal and forced borderline crossings”, among different issues on the India-Bangladesh border, during the three-day Director-General-level talks that concluded connected Thursday, a BSF connection said.
The 57th DG-Level Border Coordination Conference betwixt the borderline guarding forces of India and Bangladesh was held successful Delhi from June 8 to 11.
“During the deliberations, some sides held elaborate discussions connected measures to efficaciously forestall trans-border crimes, including smuggling of narcotics, arms, counterfeit currency, golden and different contraband, arsenic good arsenic amerciable borderline crossings and quality trafficking. The 2 delegations besides discussed issues relating to borderline deaths and illegal/inadvertent/forcible crossing astatine the borderline areas, operation of borderline infrastructure, implementation of the Coordinated Border Management Plan, confidence-building measures and the request for person practice successful addressing emerging information challenges on the border,” the BSF connection said.
Unlike successful the past, erstwhile the DG-level gathering was followed by a property conference, this clip lone a connection was issued by the BSF.
Over the past month, determination person been aggregate incidents of undocumented persons, suspected to beryllium from Bangladesh, being sent crossed the borderline connected foot, lone to beryllium stopped by the BGB. The reported pushback of undocumented persons, not restricted to the West Bengal borderline but besides on the Meghalaya, Tripura, and Assam frontiers, has resulted successful confrontations betwixt BSF and BGB unit astatine respective borderline points. There person besides been reports of stone-pelting on immoderate of these stretches.
While Bangladesh has refused to judge the undocumented persons, questioning their nationality, the BSF has maintained that they had entered India illegally and were carrying documents indicating Bangladeshi nationality.
The Indian delegation was led by BSF Director-General Praveen Kumar, portion the Bangladesh delegation was led by BGB Director-General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui.
“The league has been conducted successful a cordial, affirmative and forward-looking atmosphere, reflecting the enduring practice and communal spot betwixt the 2 borderline guarding forces. As the highest-level bilateral mechanics betwixt BSF and BGB, the borderline coordination league provides an important level to reappraisal the prevailing borderline concern and sermon issues of communal interest relating to borderline information and borderline management,” the BSF connection said.
It added that some sides reaffirmed their committedness to maintaining peace, tranquillity and stableness on the India-Bangladesh borderline and agreed to further fortify coordinated patrols, heighten vigil, amended real-time accusation sharing and intensify associated efforts against trans-border transgression networks.
“Emphasis was besides laid connected sensitising borderline colonisation astir the sanctity of the planetary bound and promoting greater nationalist consciousness to forestall amerciable activities successful borderline areas,” it said.
The 2 borderline guarding forces reiterated their shared resoluteness to follow a argumentation of zero tolerance towards trans-border crimes, insurgent activities and immoderate actions that undermine borderline security. Both sides expressed restitution with the result of the league and reaffirmed their committedness to further fortify cooperation, communal spot and nonrecreational engagement successful the involvement of unafraid and peaceful borders, it further said.
With the signing of the Joint Record of Discussions connected Thursday (June 11, 2026), the league concluded connected a affirmative note, with some delegations expressing assurance that the decisions and understandings reached would further heighten bilateral practice and lend to effectual borderline absorption and affable relations betwixt India and Bangladesh. The adjacent DG-level league is projected to beryllium held successful Dhaka successful November.
