India’s Ministry of External Affairs said on June 2, 2026, that boundary matters with Nepal must be handled bilaterally and that third parties have no role in resolving disputes.
Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was responding to remarks by Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah, who told Parliament on May 31 that Nepal was in touch with India, China and the United Kingdom on border issues.
India maintains that close to 98 percent of the India-Nepal boundary is demarcated, with unresolved segments affected in part by shifts in the Gandak river course. Officials said cross-border occupation of no-man’s land in demarcated areas is being mapped jointly.
The long-running disagreement involves Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura near the India-Nepal-China tri-junction. India administers the area as part of Uttarakhand. Shah’s comments drew political reactions in Nepal, where opposition groups criticised his approach.
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