Nepal divided to allow India put Air-Marshals on Kathmandu bound flights

Nepal’s National Security Council Directorate-advisory board of the Government of Nepal on security matters have asked Government to reject Indian proposal for allowing deployment of Indian Air Marshals in all Air-flights bound to Kathmandu from India.
Sources as Prime Minister’s official secretariat reveal that the advisory board also asked the government to refrain from taking any decision that would have far-reaching impact on matters pertaining to nation and nationalism.
The advisory board comprise of the defense secretary, representatives of Nepal Army, director of Investigation Authority and Chief of General and Armed Police Forces.
“The security board has called the Indian pressure as Hegemonic behavior of India”, reports add.
It was reported on Wednesday that Indian diplomats have been pressurizing Nepal to allow deployment of Indian Air Marshals in all flights bound to Nepal citing “intelligence inputs” that the Lashkar-e-Toiba, an Islamic terrorist group plans to hijack an Indian carrier flying to and from SAARC countries.
However, Nepal’s Minister for Civil Aviation Mr. Sarat Singh Bhandarai told a media that such concerns being expressed by a country should not be linked to Nepali sovereignty.
28/01/10 Telegraph Nepal.com

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Categories: Foreign Jan 2010, Safety Jan 2010