Overview
- Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal told Parliament Wednesday that the Nepal‑India Joint Working Group on Border Management will take up cross‑border occupation claims and will meet in India in August.
- Technical teams mapping the frontier have identified places where land occupied and used by one side may lie inside the other’s territory and officials say detailed findings will be published after mapping finishes.
- Speedy work to re‑install missing border pillars and to maintain and reconstruct border infrastructure is underway along disputed sections of the boundary.
- New Delhi has firmly rejected any role for third‑party mediators, and Nepal’s government says it is committed to resolving issues through existing bilateral mechanisms.
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s earlier remarks mentioning China and the UK triggered repeated parliamentary protests in Kathmandu and continue to drive domestic scrutiny even as officials emphasize technical, not political, steps.