10-08-2004, 10:01 AM
<b>Delhi to finish fencing along Bangla border by March â06</b>
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 22: India today said it would go ahead with fencing the border with Bangladesh and complete it by March 2006. Talks between the two countries did not move ahead on other contentious issues either, including the presence of insurgent camps in Bangladesh.
However, Home Secretary Dhirendra Singh, who had gone for the three-day talks with his counterpart Omar Faruque in Dhaka last week, said there was a ââbreakthroughââ since both sides had agreed to ââwork closelyââ to resolve outstanding issues.
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Admitting there were differences on exchange of Indian and Bangladesh enclaves surrounded by opposite sides, adverse possession of land and demarcation of 6.1 km of the border, Singh said New Delhi made its position clear on border fencing. ââWe have informed them that we intend to fence the region. We have not got a response so far,ââ he said. Of the 4,000-km border, nearly 1,500 km has been fenced.
The joint statement did not mention contentious issues including joint patrolling by the two border forces.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 22: India today said it would go ahead with fencing the border with Bangladesh and complete it by March 2006. Talks between the two countries did not move ahead on other contentious issues either, including the presence of insurgent camps in Bangladesh.
However, Home Secretary Dhirendra Singh, who had gone for the three-day talks with his counterpart Omar Faruque in Dhaka last week, said there was a ââbreakthroughââ since both sides had agreed to ââwork closelyââ to resolve outstanding issues.
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Admitting there were differences on exchange of Indian and Bangladesh enclaves surrounded by opposite sides, adverse possession of land and demarcation of 6.1 km of the border, Singh said New Delhi made its position clear on border fencing. ââWe have informed them that we intend to fence the region. We have not got a response so far,ââ he said. Of the 4,000-km border, nearly 1,500 km has been fenced.
The joint statement did not mention contentious issues including joint patrolling by the two border forces.