{"id":430921,"date":"2026-06-07T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=430921"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:36:38","slug":"foreign-affairs-minister-reaffirms-nepals-commitment-to-resolve-border-issues-through-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/06\/07\/430921.html","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Affairs Minister reaffirms Nepal\u2019s commitment to resolve border issues through diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> Foreign Affairs Minister Shisir Khanal has said that the government of Nepal is committed to resolving border disputes through diplomatic channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a press conference at the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi during his India visit, Foreign Affairs Minister Khanal said Nepal is ready to address Nepal\u2013India border issues through dialogue and diplomatic engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Foreign-Minister-Khanal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Foreign-Minister-Khanal.jpg 721w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Foreign-Minister-Khanal-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to a question, he reiterated that Lipulek, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani belong to Nepali territory. He said Nepal has already made its official position clear to both India and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Khanal said the current Nepal\u2013India border, as delineated under the 1816 Treaty, should be addressed through bilateral dialogue and diplomatic processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that the report of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG), formed by agreement between the two countries, should be submitted to the respective heads of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foreign Affairs Minister further said Nepal maintains cooperation with both neighbouring countries and outlined Nepal\u2019s foreign policy priorities and engagement in international affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at a press conference at the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi during his India visit, Foreign Affairs Minister Khanal said Nepal is ready to address Nepal\u2013India border issues through dialogue and diplomatic engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":430922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-430921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430921"}],"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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430923,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430921\/revisions\/430923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430921"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=430921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}