Nepal-India home secretary level talks on bilateral cooperation on border security and the extradition treaty, among others, started in Kathmandu on Friday.

India's Home Secretary G.K. Pillai leads the 10-member delegation of security officials while the Nepali team is led by Home Secretary Govinda Kusum.

The two-day talks will mainly dwell on security issues and cross border crime. These issues had figured prominently during Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's official visit to India in August this year.

Apart from concluding the extradition treaty and a pact on Mutual Legal Assistance, the meeting will deliberate on real-time exchange of information on Maoists and coordination among border districts to tackle drugs and fake currency smugglers, Indian official new agency Press Trust of Indian (PIT) said quoting sources.

Meanwhile, the visiting Indian Home Secretary met Prime Minister Nepal at his office in Singha Durbar today.

The Indian Home Secretary informed PM Nepal about the issues to be taken up by the secretary-level meeting and issues related to border security, it is learnt.

Indian ambassador Rakesh Sood was also present at the meeting. nepalnews.com

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