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Kathmandu Friday December 14, 2001 Marga 29, 2058.
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HM, PM
denounce
KATHMANDU, Dec 13 (PR) –
His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, in
separate messages, have both expressed "shock" on learning about the attack on
the Indian Parliament by a group of gunmen.
A message by HM the King to the
Indian President, K. R. Narayanan, reads that Nepal strongly condemns such heinous crimes
and expresses belief that all countries must work together in combating and eliminating
terrorism from the world, further calling it a "cowardly act of terrorism."
"The government and people of Nepal, join us in conveying to your Excellency and,
through you, to the government and people of India that Nepal stands by India in her fight
against terrorism", His Majesty adds.
Likewise, PM Deuba states that
His Majesty’s government strongly condemns the act of terrorism against a vital
institution of democracy. "Nepal, which is itself a victim of terrorism, understands
the cruelty of this heinous act…Such crimes perpetrated by terrorists elsewhere in
the world reinforce our conviction that there is an urgent need for closer cooperation
among all to eliminate this menace from the world," the statement reads.
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