Bangladesh's border guarding force to visit Rajasthan on August 22-23

JAISALMER: A 19-member delegation of Bangladesh's border guarding force BGB, led by its Director General Aziz Rehman, will visit Rajasthan on August 22-23, an official said today.

The delegation is arriving in India tomorrow to attend bilateral talks with the Border Security Force (BSF) in Delhi from August 20-25, and during this stay the delegates will visit historical places in Jaisalmer and Jodhpur on August 22 and 23, the official said.

The delegation will arrive here by a special plane from Delhi and it will leave for the national capital on the evening of August 23.

The tour will be coordinated by BSF officials deployed in this area.

The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) was earlier known as the Bangladesh Rifles.

Both the forces hold the annual taks in their respective locations once a year and during this meet the host country takes the guests to an operational area of security for better undertanding of each others' issues.