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Too soon to say if govt change will affect talks: Nepal Maoists
Kathmandu, May 30: Nepal`s Maoist rebels today said it was too soon to know if a change in government in Nepal would affect ongoing peace talks aimed at ending a seven-year-old `people`s war` in which some 7,800 people have died.
Kathmandu, May 30: Nepal's Maoist rebels today said it was too soon to know if a change in government in Nepal would affect ongoing peace talks aimed at ending a seven-year-old "people's war" in which some 7,800 people have died.
"We will wait and see what is the constitution of the new government. We are not in a position to say whether the change will affect the peace process or not," a source close to Maoist chief negotiator Ram Karki told a news agency.
"But cosmetic change makes no difference to us, our main concern is about the formation of an all party government and the holding of a round table conference to discuss the formation of a constitutional assembly to help draft a new constitution," he said.
Nepal's prime minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, whose government declared a mutual ceasefire with the rebels in January, today resigned from his post.
King Gyanendra immediately went into talks with political leaders in a bid to choose a successor, the palace said.
Two rounds of talks have been held between Chand's government and the rebels, both of which have been boycotted by political parties.
Members of the government peace talks team are, in fact, emissaries of the king rather than Chand and are therefore likely to continue in their positions, political observers said.
Bureau Report
"We will wait and see what is the constitution of the new government. We are not in a position to say whether the change will affect the peace process or not," a source close to Maoist chief negotiator Ram Karki told a news agency.
"But cosmetic change makes no difference to us, our main concern is about the formation of an all party government and the holding of a round table conference to discuss the formation of a constitutional assembly to help draft a new constitution," he said.
Nepal's prime minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, whose government declared a mutual ceasefire with the rebels in January, today resigned from his post.
King Gyanendra immediately went into talks with political leaders in a bid to choose a successor, the palace said.
Two rounds of talks have been held between Chand's government and the rebels, both of which have been boycotted by political parties.
Members of the government peace talks team are, in fact, emissaries of the king rather than Chand and are therefore likely to continue in their positions, political observers said.
Bureau Report