Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal today made clear in the federal Parliament the views Prime Minister Balendra Shah gave during a question and answer session in the House of Representatives meeting on May 31. 

He also shared the information on the issues relating to Nepal-India border. 

Minister Khanal clarified that PM Shah's statement on Nepal-India border was related to 'cross border occupation'. 

Nepal and India have intimate relations, he said, adding that the government is committed to resolving two-country border issues via diplomatic channels on the basis of historic treaty, agreement and map. 

He explained that as the two countries have had an open border for a long time, there are some cross holdings in no-man's-land between Nepal and India and it was based on internal consensus. 

The locals from both countries on the border are using cross-border lands for cultivation. It was the very point PM Shah referred to, Minister Khanal asserted.  

"While responding to queries in the Parliament meeting, PM Shah mentioned the name of a friendly country, the UK, which was directly related when the Sugauli Treaty was signed in 1816 that set Nepal's boundary," Minister Khanal stated in the clarification. 

No third-country mediation 

"Nepal is not seeking third-country mediation on border issues at all," Khanal argued, adding, "The PM only signaled that Nepal could take help for any additional resources of that time."