KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has said the government does not have confirmed information on whether it possesses the official original documents of the 1816 Sugauli Treaty with Britain and the 1950 Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty.
Responding to a question raised by Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Nishkal Rai at the House of Representatives meeting on Monday, Khanal acknowledged that the government itself was uncertain about the status of the original documents of the two historic treaties.
Where are Nepal’s original Sugauli and 1950 Treaty documents?
Rai had asked whether the government had the original copies of the Sugauli Treaty and the 1950 Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty.
Responding in Parliament, Khanal said, “As far as I have been informed, we have some documents related to the 1816 Sugauli Treaty and the 1950 treaty, but the Government of Nepal does not have confirmed information on whether these are the formal documents of those treaties.”
He said some documents related to the treaties have been preserved at the National Archives, but it has not yet been established whether they are the formal and official treaty documents.
