Facilitators trying to meet King

July 31, 2003
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Four facilitators are trying to meet the King to confirm his repeated commitments to multi-party democracy in public statements , facilitator Padma Ratna Tuladhar told Nepalnews Thursday.

“The King has repeatedly made public his commitments. We have asked Kamal Thapa for a meeting with the King to confirm it and pass on the message to the Maoists,” Tuladhar said.

Rebel chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal made no mention of a demand the King issue a statement the government is empowered to negotiate and implement negotiated agreements in his statement Thursday.

“The most important outcome of the fresh developments is that the cease-fire continues to hold,” he said. The date and venue for the third round of talks between the Government and Maoists have to be fixed.

“The Maoist negotiating team will not surface publicly before that,” he said.