Nepal PM claims Kathmandu, New Delhi have encroached upon each other’s territories
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Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah claimed in his country’s Parliament on Sunday that Kathmandu and New Delhi had encroached upon each other’s territories, reported The Kathmandu Post.
“After becoming prime minister, I came to know that not only has India encroached on Nepal’s land, but Nepal has also encroached on India’s land in multiple place,” Shah was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
He was answering a question about the Kalapani-Limpiadhura-Lipulekh area. India maintains that the area is part of Uttarakhand and has rejected Kathmandu’s territorial claims to the region.
Shah did not clarify which regions in India had Nepal allegedly encroached upon.
He said that New Delhi and Kathmandu had agreed to resolve the dispute “sitting together with the help of historians, surveyors and concerned experts through diplomatic means”, reported PTI.
“The Nepal government has officially sent a diplomatic note to India, mentioning the issue of encroachment of territories by India, including Lipulekh, and we have already received their response,” he was quoted as saying.
Shah said that Nepal had also held discussions about the dispute with China, as the region sits near the trijunction of India, Tibet and Nepal, as well as the United Kingdom.
“Our view is that the UK should also take an interest, as the issue dates back to the period when British...