The twice postponed Director General (DG) level border talks between India and Bangladesh are now expected to be held here from February 16 with the issue of fencing and rise in infiltration attempts post the regime change in that country being a major subject of discussion, official sources said Wednesday.
A delegation of the Border Guard Bangladesh is scheduled to hold discussions with their counterparts Border Security Force (BSF) between February 16 and 19 as part of the 55th edition of these bi-annual talks.
This will be the first top-level discussion between the two forces post the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5, 2024.
The engagements of the two sides are being worked upon, official sources told PTI.
The dates for these talks were twice postponed last year, they said.
The issues related to objections raised by Bangladesh over the construction of "agreed upon" single-row fence at about 92 identified patches covering about 95.8 km of the overall 4,096 km ...