Kathmandu, June 24
The sixteenth meeting of the India-Nepal
Bilateral Consultative Group on Security Issues (INBCGSI) held in Pune, India
concluded on Tuesday.
Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary (North),
Ministry of External Affairs of India, led the Indian delegation to the two-day
meeting while Nepali delegation was led by Gahendra Rajbhandari, Joint
Secretary (South Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The delegations comprised officials from the
respective foreign and defence ministries as well as Directorates of the Indian
Army and the Nepali Army, the Embassy of India in Kathmandu informed in a
statement.
"Both sides held productive discussions on a wide range of issues relating
to security and defence cooperation such as equipment supplies, training, joint
military exercises, disaster relief operations and military exchanges,"
read the statement.
In addition, the delegations also visited key
public and private defence sector manufacturing facilities to explore
possibilities for mutually beneficial collaboration.
The INBCGSI was established in 2003 and is the umbrella institutional mechanism
between India and Nepal that coordinates bilateral defence and security
cooperation.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 25 June 2025.
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