KATHMANDU: Fourteenth Meeting of the India-Nepal Bilateral Consultative Group on Security Issues

KATHMANDU: The
Fourteenth Meeting of the India-Nepal Bilateral Consultative Group on Security
Issues (BCGSI) was held in Bengaluru on 28 October 2021. The Indian delegation
was led by Shri Anurag Srivastava, Joint Secretary (North), Ministry of
External Affairs, Government of India, and the Nepalese delegation was led by
Mr. Tirtha Raj Wagle, Joint Secretary (South Asia), Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Government of Nepal. The delegations comprised officials from
respective Ministries of Defence, Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs, Directorates
of the Indian Army and the Nepal Army and from the National Disaster Management
Authority.

Discussions covered issues relating to mutual security concerns, training and
capacity building requirements of defence forces of Nepal, cooperation in
disaster management, requirements of Nepal Army for various defence stores,
exchange of experts/instructors, exchange of high level and functional level
visits, joint expeditions and adventure sports activities and information
sharing.