<p>"We have just signed the agreement -- Border Management Coordination Plan for a comprehensive and joint management of all frontier issues," Sahara told a joint news briefing with Chidambaram after their nearly two-and-half-hour talks at Bangladesh secretariat here.</p>.<p>The two ministers witnessed the signing of the agreement between Border Guard Bangladesh's Director General Major General Anwar Hossain and his Indian counterpart of Border Security Force (BSF) Raman Srivastava.<br /><br />Chidambaram said the deal was expected to resolve all outstanding frontier issues including combating cross-border crimes. "The agreement will enhance quality of border management as well as ensure (cross-border) security."<br /><br />India and Bangladesh share 4,096 Km border of which 6.1 kilometres is still un-demarcated.<br />Officials here familiar with the process said the deal intended to enforce joint frontier vigils from certain border points against other cross-border crimes like human trafficking and weapons and drug smuggling.<br /><br />The two countries had last week concluded a joint headcount in 162 enclaves on both sides of their borders. Of this, 111 are Indian territories inside Bangladesh.<br /><br />The enclaves, or areas locked by territories belonging to the other side, have been an un-resolved border issue between the two countries since the partition of the subcontinent, causing untold difficulties to the people there in matters of connectivity, power and education.</p>
<p>"We have just signed the agreement -- Border Management Coordination Plan for a comprehensive and joint management of all frontier issues," Sahara told a joint news briefing with Chidambaram after their nearly two-and-half-hour talks at Bangladesh secretariat here.</p>.<p>The two ministers witnessed the signing of the agreement between Border Guard Bangladesh's Director General Major General Anwar Hossain and his Indian counterpart of Border Security Force (BSF) Raman Srivastava.<br /><br />Chidambaram said the deal was expected to resolve all outstanding frontier issues including combating cross-border crimes. "The agreement will enhance quality of border management as well as ensure (cross-border) security."<br /><br />India and Bangladesh share 4,096 Km border of which 6.1 kilometres is still un-demarcated.<br />Officials here familiar with the process said the deal intended to enforce joint frontier vigils from certain border points against other cross-border crimes like human trafficking and weapons and drug smuggling.<br /><br />The two countries had last week concluded a joint headcount in 162 enclaves on both sides of their borders. Of this, 111 are Indian territories inside Bangladesh.<br /><br />The enclaves, or areas locked by territories belonging to the other side, have been an un-resolved border issue between the two countries since the partition of the subcontinent, causing untold difficulties to the people there in matters of connectivity, power and education.</p>