Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and the CPN (Maoist) chairman Prachanda met and discussed confidence-building measures and the upcoming ‘summit meeting’ on Sunday evening.

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (File Photo)

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (File Photo)
The meeting held at PM Koirala’s residence in Baluwatar, which started at around 4:00 p.m., lasted for nearly 45 minutes.

Home Minister KP Sitaula told Nepalnews that the meeting dwelled mainly on issues like management of arms, “Maoist excesses” taking place around the country and the upcoming summit talks between the two sides. He said that the summit meeting was likely to take place before Dashain festival.

CPN (Maoist) chairman Prachanda (File Photo)

CPN (Maoist) chairman Prachanda (File Photo)
The Koirala-Prachanda meeting comes amidst mounting pressure from the Maoists, civil society groups as well as the allies of the SPA for early summit talks to settle the political issues.

A meeting of the cabinet on September 06 had directed the government’s negotiating team, which is headed by Situala, to prepare for a summit meeting with the rebel leadership. The Maoists have already formed a 10-member team under chairman Prachanda to expedite the dialogue process.