India-Nepal to set up mechanism to resolve border issues

KATHMANDU: India and Nepal agreed to set up a high-level bilateral mechanism to resolve the border issues between the two neighbours.

The move to set up the bilateral mechanism was decided after the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshanker Menon had a meeting with the new Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal during which they also reflected on the current political situation in the country.

Menon, making his second visit to Nepal in the last four months, also extended an invitation to the Prime Minister to visit India, dates for which are being worked out.

By setting up a bilateral mechanism on border issues, the two countries hope to take out the sting from a campaign being run by the former ruling Maoists party, which has alleged that India has encroached upon Nepalese territories in Dang district.