There was a general understanding that the boundary issue between India and Nepal needed 𒁃to be addressed in a responsible manner through dialogue and its politicisation should be avoided, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla sa❀id on Saturday.
He made the comments at a media briefing following wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Nepalese counte🅘rpart Sher Bahadur Deuba.
In his statement to the media, Deuba said the boundary issue ♛was discussed and he urged Modi to resolve it through tౠhe establishment of a bilateral mechanism.
Shringla said the issue was briefly discussed.
"The issue was briefly discussed. There was a general understanding that both sides needed to address this in a respon🐓sible manner through discussion and dialogue in the spirit of our close and friendly relations and politicisation of such issues needs to be avoided," he said.
Shringla was replying to a question on the issue.
"I think the𒈔re was a sense that we sh✅ould address it through discussion and dialogue," he added.
Ti💦es between India and Nepal came under severe strain after Nepal published a new political map in 2020 that showed the three Indian territories - Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh - as part of Nepal.
On its part, India reacted sharply, calling it a "unilateral act" and 🏅cautioning Kathmandu that such "artificial enlargement" of territorial claims will not be acceptable to it.
The row started after Defence Minister🅠 Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km-long strategicall🎶y crucial road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand in May 2020.
Nepal protested the inauguration of the road ✅claiming that it passed through its territory and ca𓄧me out with the new map weeks later.
Shringla visited Nepal in November 2020 with an aim to reset the 🅠ties.
Shringla'🌃s trip was followed by a visit to India by then Nepalese foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali.
