Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday said the Indian government has no official involvement in Track 2 dialogues between Indian and Pakistani participants held abroad, asserting that retired diplomats, military officials and civil society members attending such events do so in their personal capacities and do not represent New Delhi's views.

Misri made the remarks while addressing the media in Victoria, Seychelles, following reports that Indian and Pakistani experts, including retired military officials, diplomats and politicians, participated in Track 2 discussions on the sidelines of a regional security conference in Colombo last week.

"Dozens of these kinds of events take place in dozens of places around the world on a whole variety of subjects. There's nothing new, nothing special about these events," the foreign secretary said.

"As far as we are concerned, these are private events organised by private parties. There is nothing official about them," he said in response to a media query.

"Obviously, I cannot speak for the government of Pakistan, but as far as the government of India is concerned, there is no official participation, no official support or involvement, in these visits.

"(It) should be obvious therefore that anybody from India who is participating in these events, whether they are retired diplomats, retired military officials, members of civil society, they speak for themselves and they represent their own point of view," Misri said.

The foreign secretary reiterated that the Indian government does not attach any significance to such deliberations.

"They do not in any way, they cannot in any way represent the view of the government of India. So that is the other important thing to keep in mind," he said.

"We really take no cognisance of these events. They really don't hold much value, as far as we are concerned," Misri added.