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LALMONIRHAT, Jan 31 (UNB) : State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, on a landmark visit to the country's northern frontier Tuesday, said if Indian Parliament ratified the 1974 Mujib-Indira accord, 90 per cent problems related to border between the two next-door neighbours would have been resolved.
"Enclave problem is one that has been hanging over for a long time, which is being tried to be resolved through discussions at different levels between Bangladesh and Indian governments, including foreign secretaries and home secretaries levels," he told his audience from both sides of the divide.
The minister was talking to different media of Bangladesh and India at Tinbigha Corridor across the border, some 94 kilometres from this district headquarters.
On his arrival at Tinbigha on the Indian side at noon, he was received by DIG of Jalpaiguri Sector of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Harish Kumar.
He took a guard of honour of the BSF and exchanged greetings with officials of the Indian border guards. Talking to journalists of both the countries, he said that Bangladesh has discussed Tinbigha Corridor problem with India for a long time.
Later, the state minister visited Dahgram-Angarpota enclave and attended a public meeting at Bongerbari Primary School ground in the Bangladesh locality landlocked with Indian territories. The corridor is the only gateway to the mainland for the frontiersmen.
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