Nepal, Aug. 31 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, currently on an official visit to China, has objected to the recent agreement between Beijing and New Delhi on trade through Lipulekh, asserting that the territory belongs to Nepal.

At a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the State Guest House shortly after his arrival in Tianjin to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit on Saturday, Prime Minister Oli expressed Nepal's strong objection to the China-India agreement to use Lipulekh-an integral part of sovereign Nepal-as a trade route, according to Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai, who attended the meeting.

"As stipulated in the Sugauli Treaty of 1816, all territories east of the Mahakali River indisputably be...