Nepal, India Agree To Better Coordinate Border Security, Discuss Human trafficking Issue

Kathmandu: Nepal and India during an annual meeting agreed to better coordinate on border security and reviewed work done in past year in managing related challenges, an official said.

Two sides during eighth Nepal-India Border Security Coordination meeting between Armed Police Force of Nepal and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) here on Saturday discussed "a bunch of issues related to boundary, border, human trafficking, checking cross-border criminal activities and coordination between two agencies in border areas", Rishi Ram Tiwari, spokesperson at Home Ministry, told media persons.

meeting involving Director Generals of SSB and APF focused on "several issues pertaining to better coordination on border security”, Tiwari said.

“We also reviewed works done in past year and progress me on different fronts as well as challenges,” he said.

two sides stressed need to take ongoing coordination between two agencies down to lower levels to curb cross-border crimes and illegal activities, Home Ministry sources said.

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