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Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addresses a press convention, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI
“Our place on this regard has been constant and clear. Border commerce between India and China by means of Lipulekh Pass had commenced in 1954 and has been occurring for many years. This commerce had been disrupted lately attributable to COVID and different developments, and each side have now agreed to renew it,” stated Randhir Jaiswal, Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.
“As regards territorial claims, our place stays that such claims are neither justified nor primarily based on historic details and proof. Any unilateral synthetic enlargement of territorial claims is untenable,” he stated.
“India stays open to constructive interplay with Nepal on resolving agreed excellent boundary points by means of dialogue and diplomacy,” Mr. Jaiswal added.
Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday objected to the resumption of border commerce between India and China that was introduced throughout the India go to of Wang Yi, China’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday (August 19, 2025). The improvement acquires diplomatic significance as Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri earlier this week (August 17-18, 2025) visited Nepal and invited Prime Minister Ok. P. Sharma Oli to go to India in September .
“The Nepalese authorities is obvious that the official map of Nepal has been included within the structure of Nepal and that the map reveals Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani east of the Mahakali River as integral elements of Nepal,” stated the press assertion from MoFA of Nepal after India in a bid to enhance ties with China introduced that border commerce with China would resume by means of Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand, Shipki La Pass in Himachal Pradesh, and Nathu La Pass in Sikkim.
Published – August 21, 2025 04:18 am IST
