India and China’s agreement to restart border trade through the Lipu Lekh Pass in Uttarakhand has come under fire in Nepal, as it lies in the contested Kalapani-Lipu Lekh-Limpiyadhura region, which is claimed by Nepal.
This development is “unexpected and unacceptable” to Nepal, but Kathmandu will not let it disrupt dialogue with India, said a leading member of Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s party, the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist.
