KATHMANDU, JUN 04 - 2012
Nepal and China have started talking security and border related issues from the Home Secretary to the district levels, gradually formalising bilateral mechanisms to check cross border crime and share information.
Though such meetings between the two sides used to take place in the past, the recent ones are being held in a formal manner for the first time.
"We have started taking these various levels of mechanism in a formal way. Starting from the Home Secretary level, both sides have now agreed to hold meetings at the district level for effective coordination of border security as well as information sharing," said Home Ministry spokesperson Shanker Koirala.
The two sides have recently agreed to share regular information through diplomatic channels. They recently concluded border security talks in Lhasa, where Koirala led the Nepali delegation. Major General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Yue Jun, led the Chinese side.
"We did not have formal meeting in the past. Now, we have started making them formal," Koirala said.
Nepal and China have another mechanism at the Joint Secretary Level. The division chief at the Home Ministry, who looks after peace and security, and his Chinese counterpart at the Ministry of Public Security are meeting on a yearly basis.
"The Lhasa meeting concluded last Friday and we discussed information sharing, cooperation between security personnel stationed at border areas, curbing cross border criminal activities and drug trafficking, while we also agreed to work together at the district level too," said another participant of the meeting. "The Chinese side also raised the issue of Tibetan refugees and asked the Nepali side to curb their activities," the official said.
Home Secretary Sushil Jung Bahadur Rana will be visiting Beijing at the end of this month or early in July to attend a highest level of bilateral mechanism meeting. The visit and the agenda are, however, yet to be endorsed by the Cabinet.
Also, a Chinese team from Yunnan Province led by the Chief of the Police Officer Academy is arriving in Kathmandu in mid June to look into the possibilities of opening a college for the Armed Police Force.
During the visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, the two sides had agreed to establish an Armed Police Force college. According to the agreement, China will provide RMB 4 million for a preliminary study to be carried out for the establishment of the college.
Source: The Kathmandu Post
Nepal and China have started talking security and border related issues from the Home Secretary to the district levels, gradually formalising bilateral mechanisms to check cross border crime and share information.
Though such meetings between the two sides used to take place in the past, the recent ones are being held in a formal manner for the first time.
"We have started taking these various levels of mechanism in a formal way. Starting from the Home Secretary level, both sides have now agreed to hold meetings at the district level for effective coordination of border security as well as information sharing," said Home Ministry spokesperson Shanker Koirala.
The two sides have recently agreed to share regular information through diplomatic channels. They recently concluded border security talks in Lhasa, where Koirala led the Nepali delegation. Major General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Yue Jun, led the Chinese side.
"We did not have formal meeting in the past. Now, we have started making them formal," Koirala said.
Nepal and China have another mechanism at the Joint Secretary Level. The division chief at the Home Ministry, who looks after peace and security, and his Chinese counterpart at the Ministry of Public Security are meeting on a yearly basis.
"The Lhasa meeting concluded last Friday and we discussed information sharing, cooperation between security personnel stationed at border areas, curbing cross border criminal activities and drug trafficking, while we also agreed to work together at the district level too," said another participant of the meeting. "The Chinese side also raised the issue of Tibetan refugees and asked the Nepali side to curb their activities," the official said.
Home Secretary Sushil Jung Bahadur Rana will be visiting Beijing at the end of this month or early in July to attend a highest level of bilateral mechanism meeting. The visit and the agenda are, however, yet to be endorsed by the Cabinet.
Also, a Chinese team from Yunnan Province led by the Chief of the Police Officer Academy is arriving in Kathmandu in mid June to look into the possibilities of opening a college for the Armed Police Force.
During the visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, the two sides had agreed to establish an Armed Police Force college. According to the agreement, China will provide RMB 4 million for a preliminary study to be carried out for the establishment of the college.
Source: The Kathmandu Post
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