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The security officials of both the countries have agreed on the proposal to hold border security chief-level bilateral meetings twice a year.
In order to make cross-border crime prevention and control and border security agile and effective, both sides have agreed that security chief level meetings should be held twice a year from now on. On Monday, the officials of both the countries are preparing to sign a memorandum of understanding on this issue. The eighth 'Border Security Coordination Meeting' of the two countries' border security chiefs has started from Saturday at the Armed Police Headquarters.
According to Ministry of Home Affairs sources, 11 common agendas have been set to be discussed in the meeting on behalf of both countries and both sides have agreed to implement those agendas in the coming days. Under the same agenda, the security chief-level meeting is held once a year, but from now on, it will be held twice alternately. Officials from both sides agreed on that.
On behalf of Nepal, under the leadership of Inspector General of Armed Police Raju Aryal, officials from Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armed Police, Nepal Police, National Investigation Department and Surveyor Department are participating. Similarly, under the leadership of the Director General (Chief) of the Indian Armed Forces, Amrit Mohan Prasad, officials from Indian Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and other agencies are participating.
According to home sources, both parties are scheduled to sign a memorandum of understanding on Monday to implement the issues discussed in the meeting. "On the common agenda decided by both countries before this, the officials of both sides gave their views, the talks from both sides are unanimous in making cross-border crime prevention and control and border security agile and effective," an official who participated told Kantipur, "It will be finalized on Monday. It is to be given and taken for implementation.'The participating source says that there was also an in-depth discussion on the infiltration of people from third countries, customs evasion/trafficking, and drug dealing.
Nepal-India has an open border of about 1,880 km. In which the Nepal government has been mobilizing the armed police as a dedicated force for border security. 244 units of armed forces are deployed in the border area for border security. India has been deploying SSB towards Nepal for its border security. More than 400 of its units have been deployed on the border towards Nepal. In the
meeting, both sides emphasized on training and information exchange from joint border patrol to effectively control terrorism, illegal arms, drug trade, customs evasion and smuggling.
