India, Nepal to address boundary issue through talks 4 pacts inked
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
India expressed its willingness to discuss the boundary issue
with Nepal, but sidestepped its visiting Prime Minister Sher
Bahadur Deuba's suggestion to PM Narendra Modi to resolve the
boundary dispute through a bilateral mechanism, Trend reports
citing The Tribune.
“We have discussed the border issue and I have proposed to
resolve it through bilateral mechanisms,” said Deuba at a joint
press conference with PM Modi soon after bilateral talks on
Saturday.
“There was a general understanding that both sides needed to
address this in a responsible manner through discussion and
dialogue and that politicisation of such issues needs to be
avoided,” acknowledged Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla at
a press conference later.
But on Deuba's specific suggestion for a bilateral mechanism,
Shringla said the two sides had a brief discussion and generally
felt that“we need to have dialogue and discussion”.“And we have
no doubt that the two neighbouring friendly countries will find a
way to surmount these issues,” he said.
But for this blip, both sides inked four agreements. One makes
Nepal a member of the International Solar Alliance and the
remaining three are on Indian technical assistance to Nepal's
railway sector, cooperation in petroleum and exchange of expertise
between Nepal Oil Corporation and IOC. On Friday, Deuba was the
first Nepali Congress president to visit the BJP headquarters. In a
sign of warm ties, he will visit the Kashi Vishwanath Temple
accompanied by Yogi.
These are capped by an agreement to expand cooperation in the
power and energy sector under the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India
and Nepal) framework.
Both flagged off the Kurtha-Jayanagar cross-border train and
launched India's RuPay digital card for use in Nepal and
inaugurated a 132 kv power transmission line in Nepal built under
an Indian line of credit.
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