The Government of India has issued a statement on the ongoing border dispute with Nepal. India on Tuesday said there is no role for any third party in bilateral matters between India and Nepal and both the countries have established bilateral mechanisms to deal with all aspects of border matters. Recently, Nepal’s new Prime Minister Balen Shah had said in the Parliament that Nepal has captured some land of India and India has captured some land of Nepal.
Balen Shah did not stop there but told the Parliament that he had approached China and Britain for an agreement. My effort is to resolve this dispute. On a question asked on this during the media briefing, the Indian External Affairs Ministry said that there are cases of cross-border occupation in designated parts of the border, which are being jointly mapped. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have noted the comments of the Prime Minister of Nepal regarding the India-Nepal border as well as the subsequent statement made by the Nepali Foreign Ministry on this matter. While about 98 per cent of the India-Nepal border has been demarcated, some parts are still unresolved.”
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He told that this has happened due to changing the course of Gandak river. Apart from this, there are cases of cross-border occupation and encroachment in ‘no man’s land’ in designated parts of the border, which are currently being jointly mapped.
There is no role for any third party in the border dispute – MEA
Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have established bilateral mechanisms to deal with all aspects of border matters. It should be clear to all parties concerned that there is no role for any third party in a bilateral matter between India and Nepal.” The Prime Minister of Nepal had also said that his country is committed to resolving border issues with India through dialogue.
Balen Shah’s statement protested in Nepal also
Nepal’s political parties have also strongly criticized these controversial comments of Balen Shah. After Shah’s statement, Nepal’s Foreign Ministry issued a clarification on his comments. Nepal’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Paudel Chhetri said the Prime Minister’s comments referred to issues related to border pillars, no-man’s land (Dashgaja) and cross-border land use. He explained that based on technical studies, there are some areas where the land currently being used by Nepal may fall on the Indian side and vice versa.
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