Kathmandu, June 22: The Nepali Congress Central Committee meeting continued for the second day today focussing on the proposed peace dialogue with Maoists and security situation in the country.

The meeting that began Tuesday to discuss the issues, including policies and strategies to resolve the Maoist problem, evaluation of the government activities within the last three months, inter-party relations, the newly presented budget estimates for the upcoming fiscal year and the party’s forthcoming tenth general convention, however, entirely centred on the Maoist problem.

“The meeting seriously discussed the proposed peace talks with the Maoists and the security situation in the country,” party spokesperson Narahari Acharya told reporters at the end of the three-hour long meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar.

Twenty-two of the members present at the meeting spoke on the topic today. After Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala tabled the agenda at Tuesday’s meeting, former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who heads the high level committee to recommend strategies for the resolution of the Maoist problem, informed the meeting on the development in the peace talks and the possible problems that may arise during the whole process.

Home Minister Govinda Raj Joshi gave the details of the peace and security situation in the country.

Former Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai asked all the members to move ahead towards the resolution of the problem by drawing a concrete conclusion through consensus.

“The discussions at the meeting are moving towards concrete conclusions for the peaceful resolution of the problems,” Acharya said.

According to him, tomorrow’s meeting would be held at 7:30 in the morning at the same venue. Four of the CC members — Shailaja Acharya, Khum Bahadur Khadka, Lila Koirala and Gopal Pahadi — abstained from today’s meeting.