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Kathmandu Wednesday July 26, 2000 Sharawan 11,
2057.
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Playing
dirty with Maoist problem
It did take a very long time for Prime
Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to write a letter authorizing former
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba who heads the high level Consensus
Seeking Commission for Resolving Maoist Issues to conduct dialogue
with Maoists. Even though it is a belated move, it is to be welcomed
as a positive development. The government’s views on Maoist
conditions for creating a minimum environment for talks however
remains unclear. For the moment, Deuba is not asking any questions but
he has stressed that Maoists also need to create a minimum
environment. The ball is now in the Maoist court. It is to be hoped
that they will sit at the table to resolve the problems and return the
country to peace and normalcy.
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