Srinagar: The Border Security Force (BSF) exchanged sweets with Pakistan Rangers on the occasion of Diwali festival on Thursday on the International border.
BSF commandant Sudeep Kumar met his counterpart of Pakistan Rangers Wing Commander Bilal Ahmed at Zero Line along Attari-Wagah Border in Amritsar and greeted them on Diwali.
The officers of BSF and Pakistani Rangers exchanged pleasantries and greeted each other on Diwali. Officers of border guarding forces of both countries traditionally exchange sweets and greet each other on various religious festivals besides national events including Independent Day and Republic Day.
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The prevalent border tradition is followed to maintain harmony on the border and for coordination between two forces for better border management. The practice not only shows the nature of current relations between two border guarding forces but also indicates the mood of two governments on a diplomatic and political level.
Sweets and greetings are exchanged on border if there isnt anything much serious between two nations and the practice comes to halt if there is too bitterness in relations, a BSF officer was quoted as saying. The cross-border firing by Pakistani troops often takes toll of the sweets exchange diplomacy.
Last year, the BSF didnt exchange sweets with Pakistan Rangers following heightened tension between India and Pakistan. Similarly, in 2015, there was no exchange of sweets and pleasantries on occasion of Eid festival after Pak Rangers didnt turn up to exchange greetings on occasion of Eid ul Zuha in October 2014. Agencies
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