New Delhi, February 15
The 55th Director General Level Border Co-ordination Conference between Border Security Force (BSF) and BGB (Bangladesh) will be organized in New Delhi.
During this conference, BSF delegation of India led by Daljit Singh Chawdhary Director General, BSF will meet BGB delegation headed by Maj General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui,
Director General, Border Guard Bangladesh.
The conference is being organized to discuss the border related issues and for better coordination between both Border Guarding Forces.
During the course of conference, discussions will be held on prevention against attack/assault on BSF personnel and Indian civilians by Bangladesh based Miscreants/Nationals, how to prevent trans-border crimes, construction of single row fence, action against Indian Insurgent Groups (IIGs) in Bangladesh, issues related to border infrastructure, joint efforts for effective implementation of Coordinated Border
Management Plan (CBMP) ,Confidence Building Measures (CBM)and other issues.
The last BSF-BGB Border Co-ordination Conference was held from 5th to 9th March 2024 at Dhaka (Bangladesh
Joint India-Bangladesh guidelines for Border Authorities – 1975 envisage that there should be frequent contacts between the border authorities of the two concerned countries to discuss the matters of immediate administrative concern.
An Indian delegation under leadership of Ashwani Kumar, former Director General of BSF and the Bangladesh delegation under the leadership of Major General Quazi Golam Dastgir, former Director General BDR (now BGB) met at Kolkata on 02 December 1975 for the first time to discuss mutual border problems. Since then, the meetings between DG BSF and DG BGB were held annually alternatively in India and Bangladesh till 1993.
During discussions between the Home Secretaries of India and Bangladesh that were held at Dhaka (Bangladesh) from Oct 7th to 9th, 1993, it was agreed that the Director General level meetings between BSF and BGB, were to be a bi-annual event.
In the agreed summary of discussions during the said meeting, it was emphasized that problems in the areas of mutual interests and concerns could be progressively resolved through close contacts and continuing meaningful dialogue at various levels.
Accordingly, DG BSF and DG BGB have been holding Border Coordination meetings twice a year alternatively at Delhi and Dhaka and joint record of discussions of these meetings are forwarded to Ministry of Home Affairs after each such meeting.
