India and Nepal resumed bilateral talks on security issues in Kathmandu on 22 September 2011. The-two-day joint secretary level talks between India and Nepal was resumed after a gap of four years. The last one was held in New Delhi in 2007.
The Indian delegation was led by KK Mittal, joint secretary (Border Management) while the delegation from Nepal was headed by Sudhir Shah, joint secretary( Home Ministry).
Besides information sharing and security issues, India and Nepal also discussed about construction of the Nepal Police Academy at Panauti with Indian assistance of 5 billion Nepali rupees. The two nations also deliberated on border management and trans-border crime, human trafficking and smuggling of fake Indian currency through the open border.
Although India-Nepal agreement to hold joint-secretary level security talks every six months is in place, the security talks were not held for the past four years. India and Nepal share 1800 km long border between them.
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