indiaUpdated: Aug 17, 2020 11:45 ISTIndia and Nepal will hold talks on Monday under their “oversight mechanism” to review development projects funded by New Delhi in the Himalayan nation. This will be the first high-level contact between the two sides since ties were hit by a border row. The joint oversight mechanism was launched in 2016 and reviews progress in bilateral projects. The border row erupted late last year after Nepal objected to the inclusion of Kalapani region, which is claimed by Kathmandu, in a new map of the union territory of Ladakh that was issued by India. The row was exacerbated in May, when India opened a new road to Lipulekh region on the border with Tibet, as this area too is claimed by Nepal.

Source: Hindustan Times August 17, 2020 04:17 UTC