BSF, BGB DG level talks gets underway in Guwahati
New Delhi, Dec 22 (UNI) The 51st round of Director General level border coordination meeting between Border Security Force (India) and Border Guard Bangladesh began in Guwahati on Tuesday.
While a 12-member Indian delegation is being represented by BSF DG Rakesh Asthana, BGB DG Major General Md Shafeenul Islam is heading the 11- member BGB team.
The five-day talk from December 22- 26, will deliberate on discussing border related issues, and to enable better coordination between the two border guarding forces with special focus on addressing and streamlining mechanisms on how to jointly curb various trans-border crimes and timely sharing of information between both border guarding forces.
The 51st director general-level border coordination conference between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be held in Guwahati from December 22 to 26, an official statement said. This is for the first time in four decades that the biannual conference will be held outside Delhi. The BSF delegation will be led by Director General Rakesh Asthana while the BGB delegation will headed by the force s chief Major General Md Shafeenul Islam. The conference will focus on addressing and streamlining mechanisms on how to jointly curb various trans-border crimes and timely sharing of information between both the border guarding forces, an official statement said.