NEW DELHI: The ministry of exterior affairs on Wednesday rejected Nepal’s territorial claims over Lipulekh move, saying it stays “open to constructive interplay” for the decision of excellent boundary points.The ministry stated that the claims made by Nepal is neither justified nor based mostly on historic info and proof.“Now we have famous the feedback of Ministry of Overseas Affairs of Nepal associated to resumption of border commerce between India and China by way of the Lipulekh Cross,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated.“Our place on this regard has been constant and clear. Border commerce between India and China by way of Lipulekh move had commenced in 1954 and has been occurring for many years. This commerce had been disrupted lately attributable to Covid and different developments, and each side have now agreed to renew it,” he stated.“As regards territorial claims, our place stays that such claims are neither justified nor based mostly on historic info and proof. Any unilateral synthetic enlargement of territorial claims is untenable. India stays open to constructive interplay with Nepal on resolving agreed excellent boundary points by way of dialogue and diplomacy,” he added.This comes after India and China agreed to reopen border commerce by way of Lipulekh Cross throughout Chinese language international minister Wang Yi’s go to to New Delhi.“Each side agreed to the re-opening of border commerce by way of the three designated buying and selling factors, specifically Lipulekh Cross, Shipki La Cross and Nathu La Cross,” a joint communique between New Delhi and Beijing stated.Nepal has lengthy claimed Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as a part of its sovereign land. Tensions escalated in November 2019 when India revealed a brand new political map incorporating Kalapani and Lipulekh inside its boundary.