Pune, June 24 -- The sixteenth meeting of the India-Nepal Bilateral Consultative Group on Security Issues (INBCGSI) was held in Pune on June 23-24, 2025, according to an official release from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

The Indian delegation was led by Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, while the Nepali side was headed by Gahendra Rajbhandari, Joint Secretary (South Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal. Both delegations included officials from their respective Foreign and Defence Ministries, as well as representatives from the Indian and Nepali Armies, the Ministry of External Affairs noted.

As per the release, both sides engaged in productive dis...