Pakistan — The Bangladesh government will call upon Myanmar to stop military concentration and manoeuvre in the border belt of the two neighbouring countries with a view to warding off tension in future.It will place the appeal at a high-level seven-day director general (DG)-level meeting between the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and NASAKA, the border guards of Myanmar, scheduled to begin at Yangon in Myanmar on December 10, sources said.In the meeting, the DG of BDR Major General Mainul Islam is expected to request his counterpart to stop trans-border crimes, push-in of Rohingyas (Myanmar citizens), smuggling of arms and drugs and other contraband items into Bangladesh from Myanmar through border points, they added.A high official at the home ministry yesterday told madia on condition of anonymity that the BDR chief will also prevail upon the DG of NASAKA for resolving the problems of Bangladeshi fishermen in the River Naaf and in the Bay and taking necessary steps for confidence building .Mainul is also likely to ask the Myanmar authorities to take back the Myanmar nationals, who were arrested by the Bangladesh law enforcers while intruding into the country and those who have completed their prison terms in different jails after being charged with various criminal offences, he informed.”Forty-seven Myanmar nationals, whose prison terms have already been completed, are now waiting to return to their motherland and they are now in different jails across the country,” he added.Bangladesh has identified some nine problems concerning border areas, including Myanmar army’s interception in development work inside Bangladesh and construction of fences within 150 yards of the international boundary.

These issues will be taken up for discussion at the meeting for peaceful solution, according to sources.At the talks, the BDR DG will impress upon the DG of NASAKA that the joint border guidelines should be followed in letter and spirit for resolving any problem that crops up along the borders of the two neighbouring countries.Mainul will lead the Bangladesh delegation at the meeting that comprises sector commander of Chittagong Colonel Habibur Rahman, director of BDR Colonel Jashim Uddin, staff officer of BDR headquarters Lt Col Md Nasimul Alam, ADC to DG of BDR Captain Adnan Kabir, a representative of Home Ministry and a director of the foreign ministry. Published by HT Syndication with permission from Right Vision News. For more information on news feed please contact Sarabjit Jagirdar at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com