The mountainous terrain, dense forests, riverine and other hindrances make the
borders porous and vulnerable, enabling militants, illegal immigrants and intruders cross over without any major hurdles.
'Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to expedite opening new
border crossing points with mutual understanding,' it added.
The two sides further underscored the need for updating
border maps and
border pillar descriptions and carrying out joint
border surveys.
Illegal logging and unauthorised
border crossing were still the dominant cases RCAF encountered, he added.
It was also planned to develop a schedule and technical conditions for the reception and transmission of
border posts located on this site,together with the
border troops leadership of the Russian FSS.
So far, two pilot projects covering about 71 Kilometres on Indo-Pakistan
Border (10 Kms) and Indo-Bangladesh
Border (61 Kms) of CIBMS have been completed.
He conceded that the patrol of the
border fence between South Africa and Botswana was not satisfactory, which situation contributed to illegal
border crossing.
Referring to good relations between the Iranina
border guards forces and neighboring countries, Rezaei said increasing
border diplomacy interactions has resulted in promoting operation readiness in some special
border points.
Pakistani
border guards were busy in fencing the porous
border when Afghan security forces tried to stop them, which resulted in an exchange of harsh words.
It will also help deepen policy integration and reduce barriers to trade in the region."In order to facilitate trade and transport services, we embarked on a programme for modernisation of
border posts on all major transit routes," the minister said during the opening of the Busia One Stop
Border Post last weekend.
According to a press release, FC Sector Commander North Brigadier Naeem Sohail while addressing the tribal Jirga said that fences have already been built at Pak-Afghan
border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and soon this project will be started in Balochistan also.
