Influx, rebel camps to top Bangla talks

‘‘Unnatural suspicion and political hesitation have prevented good neighbourly relations between India and Bangladesh,’’ Sikri said, but avoided naming the country exhibiting this ‘‘unnatural suspicion’’. Veena Sikri, India’s High Commissioner to Dhaka said India would propose joint BSF-BDR patrolling along the Indo-Bangla border.

She said India had conveyed its concern regarding the militant camps on more than one occasion. State governments of the North eastern region had also been pressing the Centre to raise the issue with Bangladesh, she added. Another important issue likely to come up is the deportation or extradition of ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia, lodged in a Dhaka jail for nearly seven years.