Undemarcated border with India

The pending issue should not be too difficult to resolve jointly by the two countries the earliest

A couple of kilometres undemarcated border territory may not sound that significant out of the colossal 4,096 kilometres of land border area that Bangladesh shares with India, but it means quite a lot for the indeterminate inhabitants of the tiny place. It also stands important for fulfilling a promise. Moreover, the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement (LAB) and its protocol involving transfers of 162 enclaves (111 in Bangladesh and 52 in India), adversely possessed land and border demarcation of some 6.5 kilometres will remain somewhat incomplete. 
Both Bangladesh and India will apparently have to wait longer for realising the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement-1974 as there was no concrete outcome recorded regarding the two-kilometre undemarcated border during Bangladesh Prime Minister’s recent visit to Delhi. However, the pending issue should not be too difficult to resolve jointly by the two countries the earliest. 
Prior to the visit, our concerned government officials had expressed an air of optimism that a decision to resolve the issue might be inked during the time of the visit. The issue was not, however, formally discussed at the delegation-level talks between the two countries, but was talked over during a one-to-one one personal meeting between the Bangladesh PM and her Indian counterpart before the delegation-level talks were spearheaded by them. 
It apparently seems that a political solution may be more effective to put an end to the ongoing impasse. In that case, we have enough room to be optimistic given the warmest personal relations between the two political leaders of the two countries. Moreover, unlike the sharing of the Teesta water, here we don’t have a third party from another Indian state objecting to its peaceful resolution.
The fastidious two-kilometre stretch is within the areas adjacent to the Muhuri River under Feni district which could not be demarcated by the Bangladesh-India Joint Boundary Working Group (JBWG) reportedly due to ‘difference of interpretation’ between the two sides. Failing to resolve the deadlock by the JBWG and also at secretarial and ministerial levels, the matter was left with the two prime ministers to decide. Since the LBA, is also a matter of both diplomatic and a bilateral written deal, we expect our Indian counterparts to take it a little more judiciously for putting an end to it. India has jointly decided many other crucial issues much bigger and important than the unsure two kilometres of undemarcated land. It shouldn’t be a problem to do so now. 

 

Undemarcated border with India

The pending issue should not be too difficult to resolve jointly by the two countries the earliest

A couple of kilometres undemarcated border territory may not sound that significant out of the colossal 4,096 kilometres of land border area that Bangladesh shares with India, but it means quite a lot for the indeterminate inhabitants of the tiny place. It also stands important for fulfilling a promise. Moreover, the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement (LAB) and its protocol involving transfers of 162 enclaves (111 in Bangladesh and 52 in India), adversely possessed land and border demarcation of some 6.5 kilometres will remain somewhat incomplete. Both Bangladesh and India will apparently have to wait longer for realising the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement-1974 as there was no concrete outcome recorded regarding the two-kilometre undemarcated border during Bangladesh Prime Ministers recent visit to Delhi. However, the pending issue should not be too difficult to resolve jointly by the two countries the earliest. Prior to the visit, our concerned government officials had expressed an air of optimism that a decision to resolve the issue might be inked during the time of the visit. The issue was not, however, formally discussed at the delegation-level talks between the two countries, but was talked over during a one-to-one one personal meeting between the Bangladesh PM and her Indian counterpart before the delegation-level talks were spearheaded by them. It apparently seems that a political solution may be more effective to put an end to the ongoing impasse. In that case, we have enough room to be optimistic given the warmest personal relations between the two political leaders of the two countries. Moreover, unlike the sharing of the Teesta water, here we dont have a third party from another Indian state objecting to its peaceful resolution. The fastidious two-kilometre stretch is within the areas adjacent to the Muhuri River under Feni district which could not be demarcated by the Bangladesh-India Joint Boundary Working Group (JBWG) reportedly due to difference of interpretation between the two sides. Failing to resolve the deadlock by the JBWG and also at secretarial and ministerial levels, the matter was left with the two prime ministers to decide. Since the LBA, is also a matter of both diplomatic and a bilateral written deal, we expect our Indian counterparts to take it a little more judiciously for putting an end to it. India has jointly decided many other crucial issues much bigger and important than the unsure two kilometres of undemarcated land. It shouldnt be a problem to do so now.