LAHORE: The second round of the two-day bi-annual talks between Pakistan Rangers and India Border Security Force (BSF) will take place on Thursday in Lahore to discuss matters related to border management.
The host delegation will be led by Maj. Gen Umar Farooq Burki while the Indian contingent will be headed by BSF Director General KK Sharma.
A joint statement would be issued after the meeting. The Indian BSF delegation would return home in the evening.
On Wednesday in the first day of talks, both sides agreed on not violating the ceasefire along the border. According to a spokesman of the Punjab Rangers, matters related to border management and improving the coordination between the two forces were discussed.
Representatives from the interior ministry, the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), Anti-Narcotics Force and the Survey of Pakistan also took part on the opening day of the discussions, the spokesman added.
The DG-level talks between the two sides are a bi-annual affair, but several times these meetings have not taken place due to a strain in relations between the two South Asian countries. The last such meeting between the BSF and the Pakistan Rangers was held in New Delhi in September last year.
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