Kathmandu, Aug. 20 -- India and China have agreed to reopen border trade through Lipulekh Pass, a point located 56 kilometres inside Nepal's western frontier in Limpiyadhura. The agreement was made during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to India earlier this week.

Wang visited India on August 18 and 19 at the invitation of India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. According to a statement issued by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday night, the agreement to reopen trade through Lipulekh was reached during Wang's bilateral talks with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Point nine of the joint communique mentions the resumption of border trade. "Both sides agreed to the re-opening of border trade thr...