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Pak under pressure
to end border firing: BSF
Consensus on better
communication
Shaurya Karanbir
Gurung
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September
10
The Border Security
Force (BSF) today claimed that Pakistan was under pressure to end cross-border
firing along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir. The BSF is tasked
with securing the 198-km International Border (IB) in J&K.
The Director
General-level meeting between the BSF and the Pakistan Rangers commenced here
today. A senior BSF officer, who was part of the 23-member Indian delegation,
said: “They (Pakistan Rangers) are under pressure to maintain peace. They also
got a thrashing during the cross-border firing incidents. And now the ultimate
objective of both sides is to maintain peace on the border”.
The meeting, held in
a cordial atmosphere, was pragmatic and forward-looking. India claimed there
had been more than 250 cross border firing incidents along the IB. Pakistan
agreed to control the firing, said sources privy to today’s discussion. There
has been no cross-border firing at the IB for the past two days.
Both the forces also
agreed on strengthening the levels of communication between them to reduce
confusion and prevent cross-border firing. The details on better forms of
communication are being worked out and the two sides will discuss it on Friday.
Currently, the
channels of communication between the two forces is over the telephone — the
staff officer of the Director General, BSF, and staff officers of the DGs of
the Pakistan Rangers are in contact with each other — and periodic meetings between the local
commanders of the two forces. Flag meetings are also held after a flag is shown
to the other side, but this cannot happen at night due to the fear of being
shot at.
“Communication levels also go
down during cross-border firing incidents,” said the sources.
The BSF also raised the issue of
infiltration during the meeting. India had flagged the Dinanagar terrorist
attack in which three civilians and four policemen were killed. The three
terrorists, who were killed by the Punjab police, had reportedly infiltrated
into India through the IB, although the BSF has not been able to ascertain the
route of their entry.
The issue of inadvertent
crossers was also raised during the meeting. “Most of the inadvertent crossers
come from their side. There have also been some cases from our side. We will
make a better mechanism of immediately handing over such people and discuss
this tomorrow,” said the officer.
On improving cooperation, the
BSF proposed confidence-building measures such as inter-force sport. The issue
of coordinated patrolling was also discussed, but not at the IB in Jammu. Other
issues that were discussed are smuggling activities, construction and
maintenance of defence structures along the border.
The Pakistan delegation will
leave after signing of the Joint Record of Discussion between the two forces on
September 12.
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