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Bangladesh rejects joint patrol along the border
Dhaka, Aug 01: Bangladesh has rejected India`s proposal to have joint patrol along the border between the two countries, saying the plan put forward by New Delhi was `not feasible.`
Dhaka, Aug 01: Bangladesh has rejected India's
proposal to have joint patrol along the border between the
two countries, saying the plan put forward by New Delhi was
"not feasible."
"Such exercise is not feasible," prominent daily 'The
Daily Star' quoted Foreign Minister Morshed Khan as saying.
The rejection of the proposal came after over three
months of presentation and only a day after the issue was
raised in Rajya Sabha.
India proposed the joint patrol during the biennial
meeting of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh
Rifles (BDR) in New Delhi in April and suggested that a
modality should be worked out so that the border security
personnel of both countries could jointly patrol to
prevent smuggling, illegal immigration and other cross -border
illegal activities.
Bureau Report