New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Amid the ongoing unrest in Nepal, Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday underscored India's long-standing ties with the neighbouring country, stressing that the people should have the chance "democratically" to choose their future.

Speaking to ANI, Khurshid appealed to the Nepalese to quickly bring back peace and consider the country as a "valuable home" for themselves.

Khurshid said, "We have a very deep and lasting relationship with the people of Nepal. And some very dramatic changes have come in their polity. We have always stood by the democratic principle that Nepalese should have the chance democratically to choose their own future and their own destination."

"We've stood by that in every way ...