Push-ins, other issues to be discussed at BGB-BSF talks in New Delhi: Home Minister

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed today (7 June) said all important border-related issues including push-ins across the frontier will be discussed at the four-day director general-level meeting between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India’s Border Security Force (BSF).

“The DG-level meeting is held alternately in Bangladesh and India. This time it is our turn to visit India. All relevant issues will be discussed there,” he told reporters at Secretariat.

Bangladesh is already engaging with India through diplomatic channels on border-related concerns while the country’s border guards remain on alert.

“We will, InshaAllah, resist all attempts of border push-ins. However, these issues should primarily be resolved through diplomatic discussions,” he added.

The 57th Director General (DG)-level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India’s Border Security Force (BSF) will be held in New Delhi from 8 to 11 June.

A 15-member Bangladesh delegation, led by BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, will participate in the four-day conference.

The Indian delegation will be led by the BSF Director General and will comprise senior BSF officials as well as representatives from India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and other relevant agencies.

This is the first DG-level talks between the border guard forces of the two countries since the BNP government came to power in February this year.