Kathmandu, June 18 -- While Nepal is still debating its border dispute with India following India's agreement with China to reopen the route to Manasarovar through the Lipulekh area, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has said that Nepal also has border-related issues with China.

Responding to questions from lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday, he said that there are a few disputes.

"There are border disputes with China in limited areas. It is not that there are no disputes at all," he said. "There is less activity at the northern border crossings." The foreign minister made the statement just a day after he returned from his first visit to China on Wednesday.

As per the boundary protocol signed between Nepal and China, b...