Nepal PM says held discussion with China, UK about Kalapani-Lipulekh region

Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Sunday told his country’s Parliament that he had held discussions about the Kalapani-Limpiadhura-Lipulekh region dispute with China and the United Kingdom, reported The Kathmandu Post.

India maintains that the area is part of Uttarakhand and has rejected Kathmandu’s territorial claims to the region.

Shah said that he had held discussions with Beijing as the region sits near the trijunction of India, Tibet and Nepal.

“Our view is that the UK should also take an interest, as the issue dates back to the period when British India left the region,” the prime minister was quoted as saying by The Kathmandu Post.

He also claimed that Kathmandu and New Delhi had encroached upon each other’s territories.

“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 did not clarify which regions in India had Nepal allegedly encroached upon.

Shah 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...

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