Kathmandu, Mar.31:Unlike what the officials had said yesterday, the Nepal-India talks on the resumption of the Indian Airlines flights remained inconclusive even for the fourth day today with no meeting having taken place between the two sides today.

The Nepali delegation members, who were waiting at the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) headquarters till late evening, finally said that the Indian side had decided not to meet today.

“Even if we did not meet in person, we have been in touch with the Indian team,” said Hari Bhakta Shrestha, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, who heads the Nepali delegation. “Since we could not meet today, we have tentative plans to meet tomorrow.”

Till yesterday, the Joint-secretary level talks between the two neighbouring countries, that began last Monday, had taken place at the CAAN Headquarters.

The Nepali delegation members had told reporters yesterday that both the sides had extensive discussion on several issues related to the IC flight resumption and that the press would be handed out copies of the agreements reached.

Shrestha, however, told newsmen today that the talks were still in the process of refining different issues. “We discussed these issues over the telephone today.” He would no elaborate further.

Despite repeated efforts, the Indian delegation team could not be contacted for immediate comments.

India sent a three member team headed by Sunil Arora, Joint Secretary at the Indian Civil Aviation Ministry, to hold talks with Nepal on the Indian Airlines flight resumption three months after the Indian national flag carrier suspended its inbound flights following the IC 814 hijack on December 24 last year.

The Indian Airlines Airbus was hijacked in the Indian aerospace around half an hour after it took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport.