India: Border Dispute, Nepal asks India to stop road construction in Lipulekh

NEW DELHI, 19 January 2022, (TON): Nepal requested India to stop the 'unilateral construction and expansion' of roads to its East of Kali River territory.

This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to widen the road across the Linpulekh area, on December 30, while addressing the election rally hosted by BJP at Haldwani in Uttarakhand.

Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, spokesperson of Nepal's minister for Information and Broadcasting said “territories including, Limpiadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani, East of Kali river, are integral of Nepal, and India must stop any construction or expansion of roads.”

Karki also added that any dispute between India and Nepal must be settled diplomatically, on the basis of historic documents, maps and papers that prove the spirit of the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

India pressed the ongoing construction comes under Indian territory; however, it could solve any dispute through dialogue in the spirit of bilateral friendship.

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