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India, Bangladesh have agreed to cooperate on intelligence sharing and border security. Both countries have agreed to work together to reduce insurgency and terrorism through bilateral understanding and intelligence-sharing. Both countries have also agreed to reduce border killings to zero and effectively combat human trafficking and drug smuggling.
Bangladesh Home Secretary Mozammel Haque Khan told media persons following a secretary level meeting between the two countries today. Today was the second and last day of India-Bangladesh home-secretary level talks held in Dhaka.
On the first day of the bilateral talks yesterday, the Joint Working Group headed by the Joint Secretaries of both countries discussed issues on security co-operation, effective border management, improving border trade infrastructure, arms, drugs and human trafficking, and problems relating to the recently abolished enclaves.
India raised the issues of influx of fake Indian currency, cattle smuggling, and illegal infiltration and sought Dhaka’s co-operation to completely stop these activities. Bangladesh spoke strongly for the need to end border killings and handing over top Bangladeshi criminals hiding in India. Sources said India assured Bangladesh of handing over the criminals after examination of legal matters.