From: "Magnus Bernhardsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] [ProletarianNews] Nepal talks proceed AFP. 22 September 2001. Nepal government, Maoists gather for second round of talks. KATHMANDU -- Maoist negotiators arrived Thursday in far southwestern Nepal for a second round of peace talks with the government in which they will call for the abolition of the monarchy, officials said. The meeting was due to begin in the early afternoon at the Tiger Tops resort at a national park in Bardiya, 428 kilometres (262 miles) southwest of Kathmandu, amid tight military security. The talks follow negotiations August 30 in Kathmandu. The location of the second round marks an apparent compromise after the Maoists proposed the talks be held in their far western stronghold of Rolpa and the government insisted negotiations continue in the capital. In the second round, which is scheduled to last two days, the two sides are due to exchange written resolutions and discuss them. The Maoists will propose an interim government and assembly to redraft the constitution to abolish the monarchy, a rebel source said. The government will respond that the Maoists should honour the present constitution, which ensures a multi-party parliamentary democracy with the king as constitutional monarch. Authorities will also ask the Maoists to cancel meetings planned for September 21 in Kathmandu, which would be the rebels' first rally in the capital. The Maoists have insisted that the meetings would be peaceful. The government and Maoists agreed in July to a ceasefire and peace talks. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
