There are no border disputes between Bangladesh and India, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh has said. India also does not have border disputes with Myanmar and Sri Lanka while such disputes remain with China and Pakistan, Indian media reported yesterday quoting the state minister as saying. India and Bangladesh shared a 4096.7 km border, which was the largest land border that India shared with any of its neighbouring countries, he said.
"Both countries concluded a Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) in 1974, soon after the independence of Bangladesh, to find a solution to the complex nature of border demarcation," State Minister Singh was quoted as saying.
The agreement was implemented in its entirety with the exception of three issues pertaining to undemarcated land boundary of approximately 6.1 km in three sectors, exchange of 111 enclaves in Bangladesh with 51 Bangladesh enclaves in India, and adverse possessions, he said.
"During the visit of then prime minister Manmohan Singh to Bangladesh in September 2011, a protocol to the 1974 LBA was signed which settled these three outstanding issues," Singh said. "Subsequently, instruments of ratification of the agreement were exchanged on June 6, 2015, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh," he added.