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Kathmandu, Beijing to bolster info sharing
KATHMANDU, JUL 27 -
Nepal and China are all set to establish a high-level mechanism to share intelligence to contain anti-China activities in Nepal.
The mechanism will also share information on other illegal cross-border
activities. The first of its kind, the Nepal-China Border Security and Law Enforcement Talks concluded here on Tuesday. The meeting agreed to set up focal points in the respective home ministries in Kathmandu and Beijing.
“The Chinese side assured full support to enhance capacity building, training of Nepali security personnel to be deployed across the northern border, seeking Nepal’s full commitment on information sharing on anti-China activities with effective law enforcement mechanism to contain the activities,” a senior government official, who took part in the talks, told the Post.
The idea behind such focal points is to set up a bilateral border security mechanism in the near future, which trickles down from the home ministry level to the local security and administrative level to enhance better cooperation in the field of information sharing and border security. It has not been decided who would lead the focal point in the ministry level.
Home Secretary Govind Kusum was leading the Nepali side while his counterpart Chen Zhimin led the Chinese delegation in the talks. The Chinese side also handed over logistic support like laptops, searchlights, and metal detectors worth two million Yuan (RMB) to the Home Ministry.
The Chinese side also thanked the Nepali side for upholding the one-China policy. Nepal has been acting tough on Tibetan refugees who want to travel here.
Those supporting the refugees are opposing the move, and have asked the government of Nepal not to curtail the movement of refugees.
“My visit is to find out ways to strengthen the bilateral relations between Nepal and China,” said Chen.
Posted on: 2010-07-28 07:51
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