There was a general understanding that the boundary issue between India and Nepal needed to be addressed in a responsible manner through dialogue and its politicisation should be avoided, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Saturday.
He made the comments at a media briefing following wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba.
In his statement to the media, Nepal PM Deuba said the boundary issue was discussed and he urged PM Modi to resolve it through the establishment of a bilateral mechanism.
Mr Shringla said the issue was briefly discussed.
"The issue was briefly discussed. There was a general understanding that both sides needed to address this in a responsible manner through discussion and dialogue in the spirit of our close and friendly relations and politicisation of such issues needs to be avoided," he said.
Mr Shringla was replying to a question on the issue.
"I think there was a sense that we should address it through discussion and dialogue," he added.
Ties between India and Nepal came under severe strain after Nepal published a new political map in 2020 that showed the three Indian territories - Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh - as part of Nepal.
On its part, India reacted sharply, calling it a "unilateral act" and cautioning Kathmandu that such "artificial enlargement" of territorial claims will not be acceptable to it.
The row started after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km-long strategically crucial road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand in May 2020.
Nepal protested the inauguration of the road claiming that it passed through its territory and came out with the new map weeks later.
Mr Shringla visited Nepal in November 2020 with an aim to reset the ties. Mr Shringla's trip was followed by a visit to India by then Nepalese foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali.
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