The foreign secretaries of India and Nepal have discussed the boundary dispute along with other outstanding bilateral issues. Nepal Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal and his Indian counterpart Vinay Mohan Kwatra held a meeting in New Delhi on September 13. They discussed multiple areas of cooperation between Nepal and India covering trade, transit, connectivity, infrastructure, power sector, irrigation and inundation, agriculture, investment, development cooperation, health sector competition, culture, and people-to-people relations, among others, says Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On the boundary issues, the statement says, “They also discussed the boundary matters. In this regard, they exchanged views on completing the boundary works in remaining segments through established bilateral mechanisms.” The Foreign Secretary-level mechanism is mandated to look after the border issues.

They expressed satisfaction with the progress made in different areas including the power sector, construction of transmission lines, railway connectivity, construction of ICPs, motorable bridges, and other important infrastructures. They also discussed the early conclusion of the Transit Treaty including its Protocol and the Memorandum to the Protocol and expediting the review of the treaty of the trade. Matters related to fertilizers supply, and waiver of export restrictions in wheat, sugar, paddy, and rice were discussed as well.