Kathmandu, July 22 -- year hiatus, Nepal and India are resuming boundary talks on July 27-29 in New Delhi.

The seventh edition of the Boundary Working Group (BWG)-the highest-level bilateral mechanism tasked with fieldwork along the Nepal-India border-will convene in the Indian capital and decide on resumption of fieldwork and other technical tasks, according to officials.

"The meeting has been fixed," said Lok Bahadur Chettri, spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "It's a regular meeting which was halted due to Covid pandemic."

The BWG is tasked with construction, restoration, and repair of boundary pillars, clearing the no-man's land, and other technical tasks, excluding the disputed areas of Susta and Kalapani.

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