Nepal PM Oli raises Lipulekh trade route issue with China’s Xi ahead of SCO summit

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Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Saturday raised an objection to an agreement reached between India and China to use Lipulekh as a trade route during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin, according to his secretariat.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin, where he raised Kathmandu’s objections over the use of Lipulekh, a territory claimed by Nepal but disputed by India.

Oli, who arrived in Tianjin earlier in the day to attend the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and the SCO Plus meeting, held bilateral...

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