Kathmandu, 18 November (HS). The three-day long high-level meeting between officials of the two countries regarding Nepal-India border security concluded today. The meeting led by the Director General of India’s Border Security Force SSB and the Armed Guard Force (APF) concluded to make cross-border crime control more effective.
In the three-day long meeting in Kathmandu, it was decided to take effective steps to control crime from the border by making border security more effective with the joint efforts of both the countries.
The 11 agenda items were jointly signed by Inspector General of Armed Police Raju Aryal and Director General of India’s Border Security Force (SSB) Amrit Mohan Prasad at the meeting that began last Saturday. The joint MoU covers cooperation on cross-border crime control and border security. The joint MoU covers cooperation on cross-border crime control and border security.
Home Ministry spokesperson Joint Secretary Rishi Ram Tiwari, who participated in the meeting, said that it was agreed to take more effective measures on border crime control, information exchange, revenue evasion control, drug smuggling and control on illegal entry of third country nationals. .
According to him, the meeting between Nepal’s armed police, which is responsible for border security, and India’s SSB will focus on taking joint initiatives to further streamline border security, decriminalize the Dasgaja area and control gold smuggling and human trafficking. A joint agreement has also been signed.
From Nepal side, Inspector General of Armed Forces Aryal and senior security officials of Home Ministry, Nepal Police, Investigation Department, Survey Department and Foreign Ministry participated in the meeting. A six-member team led by Amrit Mohan Prasad, Director General of Border Security Force (SSB) of India participated.
In the meeting, the Indian side presented the view that due to the problem of identification of citizens of third countries, mutual cooperation is necessary. Similarly, India has said that since gold is being smuggled into India from third countries through Nepal, cooperation is necessary to control it.
This meeting was held in Nepal and India by rotation every year. Now the proposal to org.ze meetings on a rotational basis every six months has also been passed. It is being told that both sides have agreed on regular meetings of border security officials and district officials.
