Lalitpur, Sept. 7 -- The CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) has expressed serious disagreement with the agreement between India and China to use Nepal's Lipulekh for trade.

Endorsing the special document that concluded on Sunday, the UML has called on both countries to withdraw from the arrangement.

The party has urged the Nepalese government to resolve the issue through high-level diplomatic initiatives and assert Nepal's rights over the region east of the Kali River. This was included in a 28-point contemporary proposal passed by the policy convention.

The proposal highlighted Prime Minister and UML Chair KP Sharma Oli's disagreement over the Lipulekh trade route agreement during his China visit from August ...