The Socialist Front Nepal has concluded that the agreement signed between India and China for reopening a trade route via Nepal’s territory in Lipulekh pass has caused a serious shock to Nepal’s sovereign right. Issuing a statement today, the Front has expressed its concerns to the India-China agreement stating that the deal on Lipulekh pass...
India and China’s agreement to restart border trade through the Lipu Lekh Pass in the contested Kalapani-Lipu Lekh- Limpiyadhura region is “unexpected and unacceptable” to Nepal but Kathmandu will not let this development disrupt dialogue with India, said a leading member of Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli’s CPN-UML party. India and China took the...
The government on Thursday sent two separate diplomatic notes to India and China on their recent understanding to reopen the trade route via Lipulekh Pass, a tri-junction territory historically belonging to Nepal. In line with a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday and several others earlier, agreements between the Nepali and...
The Nepal Overseas Export Import Association has demanded diplomatic initiatives and infrastructure arrangements to open other border points to facilitate land trade with China. The association has demanded the opening of other border points as the two northern border points, Suwagadhi and Tatopani, are closed every year during the rainy season due to floods and...
India on Wednesday responded to Nepal’s objection over the decision to reopen border trade with China through the Lipulekh pass, rejecting Kathmandu’s claim and reiterating that trade through the route existed for decades. “We have noted the comments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal related to the resumption of border trade between India...
Sharp reactions are emerging from Nepal’s party leaders and others regarding the India-China agreement on reopening of the border trade via Lipulekh Pass. India and China on Tuesday decided to reopen three traditional border trade routes—Lipulekh, Shipki La, and Nathu La—during the 24th round of the Special Representatives’ dialogue on the boundary in New Delhi...
NEW DELHI: Border trade between India and China through Lipu ..
India and China have agreed to reopen border trade through Lipulekh Pass, a point located 56 kilometres inside Nepal’s western frontier in Limpiyadhura. The agreement was made during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to India earlier this week. Wang visited India on August 18 and 19 at the invitation of India’s National Security Advisor...
Ahead of the India and China visit of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, a tri-junction at the far end of Nepali territory—Lipulekh pass, which touches both India and China—has become the centre of a new controversy. Prime Minister Oli is set to visit Tianjin, China at the end of this month to attend the Shanghai...
okesperson Randhir Jaiswal addresses a press conference, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI India on Wednesday (August 20, 2025) rejected Nepal’s objection to resumption of India-China border trade through the Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand, stating that Kathmandu’s arguments are not based on “historical facts”. “Our position in this regard has been consistent and clear....