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Kathmandu Friday June 16, 2000 Ahsad 02, 2057.
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Govt to create conducive atmosphere for talks
By Shankar Kharel
KATHMANDU, June 15 - Prime
Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today said that the government will create conducive
environment to hold dialogue with the underground CPN-Maoists.
"(The government) will not
let any minister or person create obstruction after a proper environment for the talks is
created," Koirala told The Kathmandu Post today.
Earlier, Home Minister Govind
Raj Joshi had at the House of Representatives said the government should bring a policy to
control the Maoist problem since their Peoples War is a terrorist act.
The group of nine left parties
had protested against the Home Minister’s statement claiming that it would create
obstacles in the government-Maoists talks.
Referring to the Home
Minister’s statement, Koirala said, "The present environment is conducive for
the talks. In this situation I will not tolerate if anybody makes statements that may
create obstacles in the talks."
He, however, refused to
elaborate on the conditions put forward by the Maoists and the venue. "These are not
the issues to be told to journalists," he said. "I will not speak anything at
the preliminary stage of the talks." He also did not state what was written in the
letter sent by Comrade Prachanda, the CPN leader.
He said he has asked former
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba who heads the High Level Commission to Resolve the
Maoist Problem to go ahead with the talks. "I am confident that Deubaji will succeed
in the talks," he said.
Comrade Prachanda had recently
sent a letter to Deuba telling the government that the Maoists are ready for the talks.
They have also named the persons who will represent Maoist in the talks.
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