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Nepal Home Minister Bhim Rawal met External Affairs Minister SM Krishna here on Tuesday. He also met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram Rawal is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The visit comes close on the heels of Krishna's visit to Nepal during which the two countries agreed to cooperate on ways to combat cross border crime and terrorism. India and Nepal share a 1400-kilometre-long open border, which has very few checkpoints. The porous border between India and Nepal has become a source of worry to the authorities, with smugglers and criminals taking advantage of the difficult terrain.