Nepal vows not to allow its soil to be used against India

Ajay Kaul and Shirish B Pradhan
Kathmandu, Jan 15 (PTI) Seeking to address India's
concerns with regard to fake currency being smuggled from
here, Nepal Friday promised not to allow its territory to be
used for any anti-India activity as the two countries
discussed ways to step up cooperation in security and other
issues.

Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna held
delegation-level talks with Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala here on a wide range of
subjects that also covered developmental assistance and
projects to be undertaken by India.
The two sides discussed border security and crimes like
smuggling of fake currency, arms, humans and drugs and ways to
combat them through cooperation.
"We talked how to solve these problems," Koirala told
reporters after the talks while asserting that Nepal would not
allow its soil to be used for any anti-India activity.
Earlier this month, Nepal police, acting on Central
Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) request, had arrested four
people, including two Pakistani nationals and the son of an
influential politician here, in connections with a fake Indian
currency and drugs racket having links to underworld don
Dawood Ibrahim.
Police had also seized 3.7 kg brown sugar and fake Indian
currency notes in denominations of 5,00 and 1,000 with a face
value of over Rs 25.44 lakh from the Pakistani nationals.
India has been voicing concerns about ISI using Nepalese
territory for carrying out anti-India activities. (More) PTI
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