India ready to help Nepal solve Maoist problem

Kathmandu, Oct 19: India is ready to help
Nepal solve the Maoist problem and has asked the rebels to lay
down their arms.

"India is ready to help to solve the Maoist problem.
Being a close neighbour the terrorist activities in Nepal also
do have direct impact in India," Indian Ambassador to Nepal
Shyam Sharan told reporters in Rajbiraj in Saptari district in
Terai.

He also called the Maoists to lay down arms and strive
for power through legitimate means.

India is providing assistance to build long-term
projects to benefit people of Nepal keeping in mind that
social and economic development leads to automatic downfall of
terrorism, Indian Embassy sources quoted Sharan as saying.

Bureau Report