Kathmandu, Mar.30:The Nepal-India talks on the resumption of Indian Airlines flights has reached the final stage and will conclude tomorrow, Nepali delegation members taking part in the dialogue said here today.

“The text comprising the issues related to the IC flight resumption will be made public tomorrow,” Rajesh Dali, Manager of the Tribhuvan International Airport told reporters at the end of today’s talks that have continued for the third day today. “We are positive on the resumption of the Indian Airlines flights.”

According to Dali, who has been a member of the Nepali-delegation in the bilateral talks, many issues have been discussed in the joint-secretary level meet between the two neighbouring countries. “We cannot spell out the issues now but they will be made public by tomorrow.”

Another Nepali delegation-member participating in the talks said that the meeting did not discuss about deploying armed Indian security personnel at the TIA. “The talks have been focussing on issues like aviation security, access control, among others.”

Asked whether the official level, that has been holding talks, will be able to make the final decision on the IC flight resumption, Dali said that the joint-secretary level committee has been authorised to do so. “We will sign the final agreement though we may not be able to fix the date for the flight resumption.”

The six-member Nepali delegation is headed by Hari Bhakta Shrestha, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation. The three-member Indian team, headed by Sunil Arora, Joint Secretary at the Indian Civil Aviation Ministry, arrived here on March 27. Officials from Indian Embassy have also been taking part in the talks.

Indian Airlines suspended its inbound flights after the hijacking of the IC 814 on December 24 last year. The Indian Airlines’ scheduled passenger flight was hijacked in the Indian aerospace a little more than half an hour after it took off from the TIA.

While Indian Airlines suspended its Kathmandu-bound flights on security grounds, a high level investigation committee formed by the government earlier this year concluded that TIA did not lack any security arrangement on the day when the hijack took place.