BGB-BSF high level talks postponed

The DG-level border talks between India and Bangladesh, scheduled to be held in Delhi next month, have been postponed following a change in plan by Bangladesh, official sources said on Friday, according to the Indian news agency PTI. 

The biannual talks led by the heads of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were tentatively scheduled to take place in Delhi between November 18 and 22. This would be the first such meeting following the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5.

Sources told PTI that the Bangladeshi side informed about the postponement and indicated that they were working on "an early date" for the meeting to be held.

Overall, it will be the 55th edition of the Director General (DG)-level talks between the two forces that also includes officials from the home and external affairs ministries, and anti-narcotics, Customs and some other federal agencies from both the countries that have a stake in border management.

The last edition of these talks were held in Dhaka in March.

The BSF guards a 4,096-kilometre-long international front with Bangladesh on India's eastern side.

Source: The Economic Times, PTI