Moving to check the slide in ties with Nepal, government sources indicated Monday that New Delhi is willing to hold talks with Kathmandu on the boundary dispute if the KP Sharma Oli government there creates a “conducive atmosphere” and “positive situation”.
Sources said feelers have been sent to the Oli government to pause the process of getting parliamentary sanction for the country’s new map and come to the table for talks.
On Monday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh too reached out to Nepal, saying the relationship between the two countries is not an ordinary one, but one that is bound by “roti aur beti” (livelihood and marriage) and can never be severed.Read More…
