INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali summoned India Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Monday over a new road being built
through Lipulekh and handed over a protest note over the road, foreign ministry spokesman Bharat Raj Poudyal said.
Gyawali conveyed Nepal
position on boundary issues to Kwatra during a meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
MoFA disseminated the news of handing over a
diplomatic note to the Indian envoy in its twitter post, but did not provide other details.
MoFA had issued a press release on May 9
objecting to the inauguration of a link road from Pithoragadh to Lipulekh by India, saying Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani belonged to
— HNS/AFP
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