British ambassador to Nepal Keith G Bloomfield, has said tripartite dialogue among the king, political parties and the Maoists is essential to resolve the long-running political stalemate in the Himalayan kingdom.

During an interaction with local leaders of major opposition parties in mid-western town of Nepalgunj on Monday, Bloomfield—who is also a counter-terrorism expert—warned that incidents of Georgia and Ukraine could repeat in Nepal if civil liberties were not restored in the country immediately. He did not elaborate.

Nepal Samacharpatra daily quoted envoy Bloomfield as saying that European Union (EU) as a whole was not happy with the royal takeover of February 1 this year. UK is now heading the EU as its president.

Bloomfield, however, cautioned that constitutional monarchy was not a bad option. “There are a number of countries which are running well under constitutional monarchy. If you go for removing the monarchy, it will invite a huge conflict,” he warned.

The Himalayan Times daily quoted Bloomfield as advising the political parties in Nepalgunj that it was up to them whether to participate in the forthcoming municipal polls or not. “Use the elections in favour of the people if you can,” he said. Saying that it was his personal opinion, the British envoy said a boycott of election was also a democratic exercise.

The seven party opposition alliance has already announced that it will not take part in the municipal polls slated on February 8, next year. The parties said last week they will not take part in any elections conducted by what they call the ‘unconstitutional government.’

Officials, however, insist that election is a democratic exercise and that they will be held even if the opposition parties do not participate in it.

Nepal doesn’t have representative bodies for the last three years.