New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh on Friday said that the government has engaged with the Chinese side to facilitate the resumption of border trade through all three trade routes - Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand, Shipki La Pass in Himachal Pradesh, and Nathu La Pass in Sikkim.

Singh was responding to questions raised by Rajya Sabha MP Dorjee Tshering Lepcha.

The Minister, in a written reply, said that existing bilateral arrangements designate three points for conducting border trade between India and China, which was disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and has not been resumed since.

"The existing bilateral arrangements designate three points for conducting border trade between Ind...