From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peoples War" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Nepal: Guerrillas Set Precondition For Peace Talks With Government - Xinhua XINHUA - Peoples Republic of China Nepali Guerrillas Set Precondition for Peace Talks With Government ============================================== KATHMANDU, November 11 (Xinhua) -- Nepali underground ultra- leftist guerrillas said that formation of an interim government is the only precondition for the delayed third round of peace talks with the government. "We want to form an interim government thereby conducting elections for the constituent assembly," said a statement by the guerrillas, available here Sunday. The guerrillas also formally announced in the statement that they had decided to withdraw the demand of establishing a republican state in the forthcoming third round of talks. The guerrillas had raised three demands during the first two rounds of talks with the government held in August and September this year. They demanded the establishment of a republican state, a new constitution and an interim government to see the transition of power. The first two rounds of talks were inconclusive as the government made it clear that abolition of the Constitutional Monarchy and democracy was not possible under any circumstances. The third round of talks was first expected to be held at the end of September but was delayed after the government and the guerrillas accused each other of breaking agreements reached between the two sides during the first two rounds of talks. Home Minister Khum Bahadur Khadka told Nepal Television Friday that the government was committed to fulfilling the commitments it has made during the first two rounds of talks with the guerrillas, urging at the same time the guerrillas to immediately stop killings, extortion of funds and other forms of violence. The six-year-long guerrillas insurgency has claimed the lives of about 1,800 people, including policemen, guerrillas members and civilians, since 1996. Enditem _________________________________________________ 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] __________________________________________________
