A six-day director general-level conference between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Border Security Force (BSF) of India will begin in Dhaka today. It will end on December 30.
BSF DG Shri Devendra Kumar Pathak will lead a 20-member delegation while BGB Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed will head a 23-member team.
The BSF team, which will arrive in Dhaka today, will be comprised of BSF headquarters, Indian home and foreign ministry high officials.
The Bangladesh team will be comprised of BGB additional directors, staff officers, representatives from home, foreign affairs ministries, joint river commission and narcotics department.
Various issues, including shooting at Bangladeshis on the border, abductions, trespassing, smuggling of arms and ammunitions, drugs, will be discussed at the conference, said a BGB press release yesterday.
The formal meeting will be held at the BGB Pilkhana Headquarters tomorrow around 10am. A Joint Record of Discussions (JRD) will be signed on December 29.
A friendly volleyball match will be held today between the two border forces at Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at Mirpur around 6pm.