Maoists have approved the working procedures of the Ceasefire Code of Conduct Monitoring Committee with minor changes.

According to Maoist sources, Wednesday’s meeting of the Maoist talks team led by Krishna Bahadur Mahara approved the working procedure.

Both the Maoists and the government formed a 32-member national committee headed by Birendra P Mishra to monitor the ceasefire code of conduct.

Though Dr. Devendra Raj Pandey was appointed as the coordinator initially, he resigned from the post expressing dissatisfaction over the formation of the committee.

On June 26, a joint meeting of the government-Maoist talks teams had reached an agreement to allow the monitoring team to develop its own working procedures and submit them to both sides for approval.