Indo-Bangladesh Summit: A Security Agenda for Bangladesh Due to reasons of security and geography, the relationship with India is critically important for Bangladesh. The forthcoming Prime Ministerial meeting between Bangladesh and India is a significant one in this changing milieu of emerging perspectives in Bangladesh-India relations. Security is the most prominent item on India's agenda for this meeting. A number of security issues exist between the two countries; among them the maritime demarcation, environment/water security, border issues & Indian Border Security Force's (BSF) killing of innocent civilians, human insecurity in unsettled enclaves, gross imbalance in trade, disparity in sharing information, transnational security threats and the issue of militancy and terrorism have become more prominent. In the context of contiguity of borders and evolving nature of threats from within and outside South Asia, the area of potential cooperation on security issues is much broader. While it is important to understand and appreciate India's security concerns, similar concerns by Bangladesh also need to be brought to the forefront. Read More... http://www.bipss.org.bd/redirect/bsr_ibs.php |
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