Common Interests

Mihir Paul

The Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) agreed on a plethora of measures to curb border crime at the 47th Border Co-ordination Conference held in Delhi on September 7.

Then Director General, BSF, K.K. Sharma with Director General, BGB, Maj. Gen. Shafeenul Islam at the 47th Border Coordination Conference

Director Generals from both the BSF and BGB discussed ways to extend cooperation in curbing border crime and bring down casualties along the International Border (IB). A 14-member BGB delegation led by its Director General Maj. Gen. Shafeenul Islam and a 20-member BSF team led by the then Director General K.K. Sharma, IPS, participated in the summit at the BSF’s Chhawla camp in New Delhi.

The DG-level talks witnessed both sides taking up specific issues of concern i