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Nepalese And India Border Securities Talk To Each Other
By KTM Metro Reporter
December 3, 2012: a team of the Armed Police Force (APF) of Nepal flew to New Delhi, India yesterday to talk to the team of the Indian Armed Border Force (Sashastra Seema Bal: SSB). Sitting at the same table facing each other, members of the Nepalese team of AFP talked to the members of the SSB team today, and decided not to allow the use of their respective territory for the activities targeting against the other, and agreed to jointly tear down 'suspicious structures' that have come up on the no man's land along the border, in addition to dealing with a host of issues such as smuggling of arms, narcotics, fake Indian currency and human trafficking, according to news.outlookindia.com.
The ‘suspicious structures’ are storehouse-size buildings that have been coming up encroaching on the no-man's land in the recent past. They not only violated international border management protocols but also could be used to aid nefarious activities such as storage of arms and ammunition.
Among other topics discussed between the SSB team and the APF delegation were the mounting vigil on wildlife smuggling, imparting of training to APF staffs by the Indian security agencies, and tracking down certain terror-related modules asked for by India.
The meeting between the Nepalese and Indian border forces has followed the talks held between the Home Secretaries of the two countries in January 2012. They had decided that the Nepalese and Indian border forces should talk to each other for the better border management and control.
The Indo-Nepal border talks will become a regular feature now, similar to the Indo- Bangladesh border talks held every year.
http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=782518
