The first session of the third joint inspection boundary meeting on Nepal-China border was held in Beijing with both sides agreeing to maintain and regulate the bordering pillars along the Nepal-China border, various dailies reported Friday.

Moreover, both sides agreed to carryout the third joint inspection of the boundary and to form a joint inspection committee by 2005, it is reported.

According to the reports, five to eight inspection teams will be constituted and the field work will be completed by 2006, the Nepali team said after arriving in Nepal from China on Thursday.

The Nepali team was led by Hira Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with representatives from the Home, Defence, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs ministries. The Royal Nepalese Embassy in Beijing also participated in the boarder inspection meeting.

Director General, Law and Treaty Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China led the Chinese team. The third Nepal-China Joint Border Inspection meeting took place March 25, 26 in Beijing.