Kathmandu: The Ambassador of the United States to Nepal H.E. James F. Moriarty, currently home in a month-long vacation while speaking at a public program at the East-West Center in Honolulu on the current situation in Nepal said , “within the next 12 to 14 months, Nepal is clearly going to be going down one of two paths”.

One is the path of, added Moriarty, reconciliation between the Palace and the parties to come up with a functioning game plan to get the country back to democracy and also to deal with the insurgency.”

Adding further Moriarty said that, the Maoist victory would put in power a brutal regime that advocates collectivization of agriculture, re-education of class enemies and exporting revolution.

“We believe that the best way to address the insurgency is through a negotiated settlement that brings the majority of the Maoists back into the political mainstream”, Moriarty continued.

He said that a victory for Maoist insurgents in Nepal would be a humanitarian disaster of huge proportion for the Himalayan nation and a destabilizing force in India.

“India recognizes that the increasing instability in Nepal has become an increasing threat to the stability in India,” Moriarty remarked.