{"id":431096,"date":"2026-06-10T16:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=431096"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:16:28","slug":"khanal-clarifies-pms-border-remarks-says-cross-border-occupation-stems-from-fixed-boundary-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/06\/10\/431096.html","title":{"rendered":"Minister Khanal clarifies PM&#8217;s border remarks, says cross-border occupation stems from fixed boundary principle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RS-KTM-RATL9073-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431097\" style=\"width:859px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RS-KTM-RATL9073-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RS-KTM-RATL9073-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RS-KTM-RATL9073-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RS-KTM-RATL9073-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RS-KTM-RATL9073-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 10, Kathmandu:<\/strong> Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal on Wednesday clarified that Prime Minister Balendra Shah&#8217;s recent remarks on border issues were primarily related to encroachment of the no-man&#8217;s land area and cross-border occupation, stating that such problems have emerged in Nepal-India river-border areas due to the application of the &#8220;fixed boundary principle.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the House of Representatives, Khanal said the fixed boundary system adopted along riverine sections of the border has created situations in which citizens of one country cultivate land or reside in territory that falls within the jurisdiction of the other country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He informed Parliament that boundary mapping between Nepal and India remains pending only in Susta, Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani. Besides these areas, some locations continue to face challenges related to cross-border occupation and encroachment of the no-man&#8217;s land zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khanal said Nepal and India have expressed a shared commitment to resolving border-related issues through dialogue and diplomatic channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said technical teams from both countries are actively engaged in constructing and maintaining border pillars, studying encroachment in the no-man&#8217;s land area and carrying out joint data collection. According to him, technical mechanisms that had remained inactive for years have resumed work and are currently operating along the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10, Kathmandu: Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal on Wednesday clarified that Prime Minister Balendra Shah&#8217;s recent remarks on border issues were primarily related to encroachment of the no-man&#8217;s land area and cross-border occupation, stating that such problems have emerged in Nepal-India river-border areas due to the application of the &#8220;fixed boundary principle.&#8221; Addressing the House &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":431097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-431096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431096"}],"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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431096"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431101,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431096\/revisions\/431101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431096"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=431096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}