{"id":429587,"date":"2026-05-08T20:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=429587"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:41:33","slug":"diplomatic-efforts-on-to-resolve-lipulek-kalapani-border-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/08\/429587.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Diplomatic efforts on to resolve Lipulek, Kalapani border disputes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/KiranrajBista_KTM_RSS_25__U3A5430-1000x500-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/KiranrajBista_KTM_RSS_25__U3A5430-1000x500-1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/KiranrajBista_KTM_RSS_25__U3A5430-1000x500-1-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/KiranrajBista_KTM_RSS_25__U3A5430-1000x500-1-768x384.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathmandu, May 8: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the government is making efforts to resolve the border issues concerning the Limpiyadhura, Lipulek and Kalapani areas through diplomatic means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a programme organised by the Ministry here on Friday, Ministry Spokesperson Lok Bahadur Poudel Chhetri said the government has already made its position clear regarding Lipulek. &#8220;The Ministry is clear that diplomatic efforts are warranted to address these borders issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that on May 3, the government had publicly stated that the pilgrimage route to the Kailash Mansarovar being operated between China and Nepal passes through Nepal&#8217;s territory at Lipulek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1816 Sugauli Treaty clearly states that Limpiyadhura, Lipulek and Kalapani, located to the east of the Mahakali River, are parts of Nepal, and the government&#8217;s diplomatic efforts are underway to resolve the disputes based on this position, according to the Spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that both neighbours: India and China, have been informed and reminded of Nepal&#8217;s stance time and again. (RSS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, May 8: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the government is making efforts to resolve the border issues concerning the Limpiyadhura, Lipulek and Kalapani areas through diplomatic means. Speaking at a programme organised by the Ministry here on Friday, Ministry Spokesperson Lok Bahadur Poudel Chhetri said the government has already made its position &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":429588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-429587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429589,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429587\/revisions\/429589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429587"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=429587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}