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India, Bangladesh discuss border management

     New Delhi: Security issues like border management, insurgency and terrorism figured prominently during the first day of the Home Secretary-level bilateral talks between India and Bangladesh. Sources said that Union Home Secretary V K Duggal, who is heading the Indian delgation, raised the issues include cross-border illegal movement from Bangladesh and conveyed India's concern about the presence and activities of Indian insurgent groups in that country. Senior officials of both the governments and border security forces also discussed cross-border illegal migration from Bangladesh on the first day of the two-day talks. Though Bangladesh has been assuring India that it would not allow its territory to be used by militants for anti-India activities, New Delhi is of the view that militant outfits and their leaders continue to operate from across the border.

    Among other issues, which figured during the meeting, were the proper implementation and understanding of the 1975 border guidelines to allow border fencing and developmental work to be undertaken without any hindrance. According to sources, India also suggested the need to convene a meeting of the Joint Boundary Working Group to address pending issues relating to demarcation of land boundary, adverse possessions and enclaves. The two countries also discussed the pending bilateral treaties on extradition, mutual assistance in legal matters, psychotropic and narcotic substances and consular access. The drafts of these treaties had already been given to Bangladesh at the last Home Secretary-level talks held in Dhaka on September 13-17. At the last Home Secretary-level talks, both countries had agreed to work closely in security matters, saying that more effective border security was needed to prevent illegal movements. Last month, Director Generals of the border-guarding forces, Border Security Force and Bangladesh Rifles, of India and Bangladesh respectively had discussed the same issues. Bangladesh delegation is also scheduled to meet Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil.

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