No plan to sign Nepal-india border strip map as yet: Min

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali said there was no immediate plan to sign boundary maps with India at a time when both countries were having at least two major boundary disputes in Susta and Kalapani areas and many other minor disputes in 18,00-km border. Nepal and India had agreed on 182-sheet strip maps in 2007 but due to an agreement on boundary settlement in Susta and Kalapani, the two sides have failed to sign the agreement despite India’s repeated calls. Speaking at International Relations Committee of House of Representatives in Kathmandu, he said Nepal would not sign on the Nepal-india border strip map unless Kalapani and Susta disputes were resolved.