Nepal Parliament passes revised map which includes Indian territories
Kathmandu/IBNS: Kathmandu/IBNS: Amid an ongoing tension between Nepal and India, the Himalayan country's Parliament on Saturday voted on a constitutional amendment bill to update the country's map which includes territories that India claims as its own.
The House of Representatives voted on the bill during a special session after deliberations on th bill.
The bill is specially significant as the new map of the country included strategic areas bordering India to its territory.
The areas include Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura.
In the closed voting, 258 votes were cast in favor of the amendment bill and no vote against which is more than the two-thirds majority required for the endorsement, Speaker Agni Sapkota announced, reported Khabarhub.
Last month, Nepal had officially issued a new map that shows Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura under its territory.
The map was released by the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives & Poverty Alleviation.
Earlier, India had described Nepal's decision to issue a new map as a "unilateral act", not backed by historical facts or evidence.
India-China dispute:
The latest development in Nepal occurred amid hightened tension between India and China over ongoing border row in Eastern Ladakh.
India and China on Friday held talks again at Major General-level to end the impasse.
This was the fifth meeting between the two Major Generals to end the standoff. The meeting lasted for over four hours, sources told UNI.
Last time, they had met on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, the two sides began what Indian officials described as a ''limited military disengagement'' at three hotspots along the LAC – Galwan Valley, Patrolling Point 15 and Hot Springs.
The limited disengagement happened after a meeting between Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, commander of Leh-based 14 Corps, and Major General Liu Lin, commander of the People's Liberation Army, in the South Xinjiang region last Saturday.
The Chinese build-up began immediately after clashes between border troops in Ladakh and Sikkim on May 5-6 and May 9, and predated the June 6 meeting between Lieutenant General Singh and his Chinese counterpart at Moldo on the Chinese side of the LAC.
India and China are continuing diplomatic and military engagements for an ''early resolution'' of the stand-off between border troops, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday.
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