Leaders of seven agitating political parties have said that they were holding talks with the Maoists to fine-tune the 12-point understanding and encourage them to call off blockades and the general strike they have called and declare an unilateral truce.
“We are engaged in talks with the Maoists to encourage them to call off the blockade and nationwide strike and effectively implement the 12-point understanding reached with the alliance. The talks are being held at various stages,” reports quoted CPN-UML standing committee member Bharat Mohan Adhikari as saying.
Adhikari, who met visiting US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, Donald Camp, thanked the US for extending solidarity with the alliance’s peaceful movement which would gain momentum in the second week of April.
Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC, who also met Camp, said he told the US official that Nepal would not return to democracy and peace would not be restored without bringing the Maoists into peaceful politics.
“I told Camp that the alliance will be able to bring the Maoists into peaceful politics through the 12-point understanding and that it is not possible for the rebels to impose a communist dictatorship given the country’s geo-political situation,” KC said.
KC also urged the Maoists to stop all the programmes that affect the people.
Leader of the Nepali Congress (Democratic), Dr Narayan Khadka, said Camp came here to convey US president George Bush’s message to the King, but the monarch is learnt to have told Camp that he would announce a date for general elections.
Leader of Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi), Sarita Giri, said the alliance must be able to convince the US and other countries that the 12-point pact was good. “If we walk out of the pact, more bloodshed cannot be ruled out,” she said.
The US has expressed dissatisfaction over the 12-point pact between Maoists and political parties reached in November and said consensus between the King and political parties is a must to resolve the problems dogging the country and to tackle Maoist insurgency
“We are engaged in talks with the Maoists to encourage them to call off the blockade and nationwide strike and effectively implement the 12-point understanding reached with the alliance. The talks are being held at various stages,” reports quoted CPN-UML standing committee member Bharat Mohan Adhikari as saying.
Adhikari, who met visiting US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, Donald Camp, thanked the US for extending solidarity with the alliance’s peaceful movement which would gain momentum in the second week of April.
Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC, who also met Camp, said he told the US official that Nepal would not return to democracy and peace would not be restored without bringing the Maoists into peaceful politics.
“I told Camp that the alliance will be able to bring the Maoists into peaceful politics through the 12-point understanding and that it is not possible for the rebels to impose a communist dictatorship given the country’s geo-political situation,” KC said.
KC also urged the Maoists to stop all the programmes that affect the people.
Leader of the Nepali Congress (Democratic), Dr Narayan Khadka, said Camp came here to convey US president George Bush’s message to the King, but the monarch is learnt to have told Camp that he would announce a date for general elections.
Leader of Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi), Sarita Giri, said the alliance must be able to convince the US and other countries that the 12-point pact was good. “If we walk out of the pact, more bloodshed cannot be ruled out,” she said.
The US has expressed dissatisfaction over the 12-point pact between Maoists and political parties reached in November and said consensus between the King and political parties is a must to resolve the problems dogging the country and to tackle Maoist insurgency
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