border occupation issue between Nepal, India: Foreign Minister Khanal

KATHMANDU, Jun 10: A joint working group will deal with the issue of cross-border occupation between Nepal and India, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal told Parliament on Wednesday as he sought to clarify Prime Minister Balendra Shah Balen’s comments on the topic. The next meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Working Group (JWG) on Border Management will be held in India in August, Khanal said as the opposition lawmakers obstructed the meetings of the House of Representatives several times demanding clarification from PM Shah regarding the matter. The prime minister’s statement last month in Parliament that Nepal also encroached Indian territories at…