Published on: August 21, 2025 03:08 am IST
Mea said the border trade between India and China started in 1954 through Lipulek Pass and was interrupted by Kovid -19 epidemic and “other development”.
New Delhi:India on Wednesday dismissed Nepal’s objection to New Delhi and Beijing’s decision and asked to resume the border trade through Lipulek Pass and said that Kathmandu’s claims on the region are “neither justified nor based on historical facts”.
China and India agreed to resume border trade through three designated trading points at Lipulek Pass, Shipki Pass and Nathu La during a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Nepal, which triggers a border line by releasing a political map in 2020, shown to Kalapani, Limpiadhura and Lipulek – all controlled by India – as part of the Nepali region, objected to the move by India and China on Wednesday. A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs in Kathmandu included Lipuleke as an integral part of the country in Nepal’s official map.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal rejected the claim and said that Nepal’s regional claims are neither appropriate nor based on historical facts and evidence “. “Any unilateral artificial growth of regional claims is unstable,” he said.
Jaiswal said that the border trade between India and China started in 1954 and continued for decades. The business was interrupted by Covid-19 epidemic and “other developments, and both sides now agreed to resume it,” he said.
“India is open to creative talks with Nepal, which agrees to resolve the outstanding boundary issues through dialogue and diplomacy.”
