India, June 24 -- The Sixteenth Meeting of the India-Nepal Bilateral Consultative Group on Security Issues (INBCGSI) was held in Pune, India, on June 23-24, when a wide-ranging discussion was held on security and defence cooperation.

The Indian delegation was led by Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; and the Nepali delegation was led by Gahendra Rajbhandari, Joint Secretary (South Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal.

The delegations comprised officials from the respective Foreign and Defence Ministries as well as Directorates of the Indian Army and the Nepali Army.

Both sides held productive discussions on a wide range of issues relating to security and def...