Bangladesh summons Indian High Commissioner, flags border tensions

The Bangladeshi foreign ministry on Sunday summoned IndianIndianIndian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to discuss concerns about border tensions, The Hindu reported.

Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Mohammed Jashim Uddin said that his country had “deep concern” about recent activities of India’s Border Security Force along the border between the two countries. Hours earlier, Bangladesh accused India of trying to construct fences along the border at five places in violation of a bilateral agreement, PTI reported.

“Such activities, particularly the unauthorised attempt to construct barbed wire fencing and the related operational actions by BSF, have caused tensions and disturbances along the border,” the Bangladeshi foreign secretary said.