New Delhi: The heads of India and Nepal’s border guarding forces are set to hold their annual coordination meeting from Wednesday to discuss key issues aimed at curbing trans-border crimes and improving real-time intelligence sharing.

This will be the first high-level interaction between the two forces — India’s Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Nepal’s Armed Police Force (APF) — since the ‘Gen Z’-led violent protests that swept through Kathmandu in September. According to the government, damages to public infrastructure are estimated to exceed NPR 100 billion, while the private sector has reported losses of over NPR 80 billion in the initial assessment.

According to an official statement, the 9th annual coordination meeting will take place from November 12 to 14.

SSB Director General Sanj

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