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India, Nepal to sign extradition treaty

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Thursday, November 5, 2009 20:04 IST
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Kathmandu/New Delhi: India and Nepal will sign an extradition treaty and are likely to formulate a border security and management strategy during the home secretary-level talks beginning in Kathmandu tomorrow.


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Besides concluding another treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance, the two-day meeting of the top security officers will deliberate on real time exchange of information on Maoists and coordination among border districts to tackle drugs and fake currency smugglers, home ministry sources said in New Delhi.

India will also seek Kathmandu's tough action against those carrying out anti-India activities from the soil of the Himalayan nation.

Home secretary GK Pillai arrived in Kathmandu this evening to attend the bilateral security meeting with his Nepalese counterpart Govinda Kusum.

The Indian delegation is likely to chalk out a strategy with its eastern neighbour on issues relating to security and management of 1,751km-long porous border.

India had expressed concern over the growing problem of circulation of fake currency notes through the border to Nepal prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal during his visit to New Delhi in August.

India and Nepal had agreed on the need for more cooperation between security forces of the two countries to jointly tackle growing criminal activities along the Nepal-India border.

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