Nepal's foreign minister Shisir Khanal said on Sunday that the country wants to resolve its border disputes with India through existing bilateral mechanisms and without any mediation by others.
Khanal backed New Delhi's position against any third-party involvement, saying that the bilateral partnership should be driven by the prospects of a shared future and not constrained by the anxieties of the past.
He added that Nepal sent diplomatic notes regarding its claim on territories in the Kalapani region after India and China reached an agreement on resuming the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to Tibet through Lipulekh.
Khanal emphasized that Nepal's position was not to ask for mediation, but rather to resolve the matter through talks and diplomatic mechanisms.
He highlighted the unique asset of Nepal's ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party, which emerged from last year's Gen Z uprising, saying that they are unencumbered by the past and refuse to look at India through the distorted hyper-sensitive lens of 20th-century geopolitics.
The two sides now need to close the gap between old promises made on paper and physical reality delivered on the ground, and move from abstract political statements to deliver measurable life-changing results, Khanal said.
