New Delhi. 12 June 2019. The 48th Director General Level Border Co-ordination Conference between BSF (India) and BGB (Bangladesh) will be organized by BGB at Dhaka, Bangladesh w.e.f. 12th to 15th June 2019. During this conference, 10-member delegation of India headed by Sh Rajni Kant Mishra, Director General, BSF alongwith senior officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and other Law Enforcement Agencies will meet 24 members of BGB headed by Gen Md Shafeenul Islam, ndc, psc, Director General, Border Guard Bangladesh.
The Indian delegation will reach at Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11th June 2019. The
delegation will be in Bangladesh for four days June, 12th to 15th June, 2019.
The first session of the Border coordination conference between the BSF and
BGB will be held on 12th June 2019 at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
During the conference, senior officers of BSF and representatives of MEA and MHA are going to take part in bi-lateral talks. It being organized to discuss the border related issues and for better coordination between the both border guarding forces. The following issues will be discussed in the conference :-
a) Trans-border crimes.
b) Smuggling of cattle, FICN & Gold, narcotics and psychotropic substances
etc.
c) Activities of Indian insurgent groups based in Bangladesh.
d) Prevention of illegal migration and human trafficking.
e) Joint efforts for effective implementation of Co-ordinated Border
Management Plan (CBMP).
f) Confidence Building Measures.
g) Extension of Crime free zone in AOR of Guwahati and Tripura Frontier.
h) Issues related to Border Infrastructure.
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.
The last BSF-BGB Border Co-ordination Conference was held on 3rd to 8th Sept’
2018 at New Delhi (India). This was the 47th such meeting between the Chiefs of both the border guarding forces. A special friendly Kabbadi Match between the teams of BSF & BGB will be played at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5 PM to 6 PM (BST) on12 th June’ 2019.
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.
