NEW DELHI: Nepal PM Balendra Shah backed dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the border dispute with India but, in remarks unlikely to go down well with New Delhi, he also urged the UK to take interest in addressing the issue, saying his govt had already discussed it with London and China. Responding to questions in Parliament on Sunday, Shah said both India and Nepal had encroached on each other's territory.
The border dispute had seen a flare-up early May - just over a month after Shah was sworn in - after Kathmandu protested the decision by India to resume with support from China the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Uttarakhand state crossing at Lipulekh Pass that is claimed by Nepal. Kathmandu had raised the issue with both India and China.
