Kathmandu: Nepal’s Parliament on Saturday approved a new map of the country, including areas disputed with India, with New Delhi rejecting it by saying that the addition of Indian territory was not based on historical facts or evidence.
The move signals a hardening of Nepal’s position over a decades-long border row that has strained ties between the South Asian neighbours.
Nepal published its revised map in May after India inaugurated an 80 km (50 miles) road connecting its northern Uttarakhand state with Lipulekh on the border with Tibet that passes through the land Nepal says belongs to it.
The map shows a sliver of land on the northwest tip of Nepal as the its territory.
India’s foreign ministry rejected Nepal’s new map, arguing that the addition of Indian territory is not based on historical facts or evidence.
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