Personnel of India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers exchanged greetings and sweets on Monday (15) along the international border in Jammu region and Attari-Wagah in the northern state of Punjab on the occasion of India's 76th Independence Day, BSF officials said.
BSF personnel offered sweets to Pakistan Rangers who also reciprocated.
The exchange took place at various border outposts in Samba, Kathua, R S Pura and Akhnoor in a very cordial atmosphere, officials said in Jammu.
The BSF has always been at the forefront in creating a peaceful and congenial atmosphere on the border while dominating the border effectively.
Such gestures help build a peaceful atmosphere and cordial relationships on the frontier between both border guarding forces, they said.
In Poonch and Rajouri districts, Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged greetings and sweets.
Indian personnel also exchange sweets with Bangladesh counterparts
The BSF personnel also exchanged sweets with the Pakistan Rangers at the Attari-Wagah border, around 35 kilometres from Amritsar, and with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) along the international border in Dhubri in Assam in north-east India.
176 Battalion of Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel exchange sweets on the occasion of 76th Independence Day, at Phulbari, India-Bangladesh border on Monday, August 15, 2022. (ANI Photo)
BSF personnel of its 31st and 19th battalions exchanged greetings with their Bangladesh counterparts along Sonahat and Tistapara border outposts, a BSF official said.
There is a tradition of the border forces exchanging gifts and sweets on special occasions. Dhubri in western Assam shares a 61-km-long border, both riverine and land, with Bangladesh.
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