The Indian map places the Kalapani area under the Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand whereas Kathmandu considers the unresolved area to be part of Nepal’s Darchula district.
India-Nepal border talks have been assigned to the Foreign Secretaries of both the countries.
The Indian map places the Kalapani area under the Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand whereas Kathmandu considers the unresolved area to be part of Nepal’s Darchula district.
“We reiterate our commitment to find a solution through dialogue in the spirit of our close and friendly bilateral relations,” the foreign ministry said. It also cautioned “against vested interests trying to create differences between our two countries”.
The new Union Territories came into existence last week, on the 144th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
The Nepalese foreign ministry, in a press statement on Wednesday, said: “All the outstanding issues relating to the border between the two countries need to be resolved through mutual understanding and any unilateral move is unacceptable to the Nepal government”.
India-Nepal border talks have been assigned to the Foreign Secretaries of both the countries, “to resolve the remaining border related issues between Nepal and India in consultation with concerned technicians,” the Nepalese government was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Prasanta Patnaik