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Maoists to join Nepal government
The Nepalese government is to dissolve parliament and set up an interim government that will include the country's Maoist rebels.
The move was announced in the capital, Kathmandu, after landmark talks between rebel leader Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
Prachanda said he wanted the new government set up within one month.
Friday's talks in Kathmandu were the first formal meeting between the government and the rebels.
Their joint statement formalised in writing an understanding reached at the height of widespread protests against the rule of King Gyanendra in April.
The talks are the latest step in moves to end Nepal's decade-long insurgency.
No time frame
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kathmandu says that in agreeing to dissolve parliament, the multi-party government has made far reaching concessions to the rebels.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5085760.stm
Prachanda said he wanted the new government set up within one month.
Friday's talks in Kathmandu were the first formal meeting between the government and the rebels.
Their joint statement formalised in writing an understanding reached at the height of widespread protests against the rule of King Gyanendra in April.
The talks are the latest step in moves to end Nepal's decade-long insurgency.
No time frame
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kathmandu says that in agreeing to dissolve parliament, the multi-party government has made far reaching concessions to the rebels.
More
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5085760.stm
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KATMANDU, Nepal --Nepal will form a new interim government that will include communist rebels, who have waged a decade-long insurgency that has killed 13,000 people in this Himalayan nation, the elusive rebel leader said Friday after meeting with the prime minister.
The interim government will be formed within a month, rebel leader Prachanda said, announcing an agreement between the Maoists and the nascent democratic government.
"This is a historic decision and will move the country in a new direction," he said after an unprecedented daylong meeting with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and leaders of all seven political parties in the ruling alliance.
The interim government, which will eventually create a new permanent constitution, will replace the current national parliament as well as the Maoists' "people's government," which rules the territory they control.
The agreement also calls for the creation of an interim constitution and United Nations oversight of both the Nepalese soldiers and Maoist fighters. It made no mention, however, of disarmament.
It was the first time Prachanda, whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal, had met Nepal's top leadership since the insurgency began in 1996. For years, he was hardly seen at all, appearing only occasionally in remote villages controlled by the rebels.
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/06/16/nepalese_rebels_to_join_interim_govt/
The interim government will be formed within a month, rebel leader Prachanda said, announcing an agreement between the Maoists and the nascent democratic government.
"This is a historic decision and will move the country in a new direction," he said after an unprecedented daylong meeting with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and leaders of all seven political parties in the ruling alliance.
The interim government, which will eventually create a new permanent constitution, will replace the current national parliament as well as the Maoists' "people's government," which rules the territory they control.
The agreement also calls for the creation of an interim constitution and United Nations oversight of both the Nepalese soldiers and Maoist fighters. It made no mention, however, of disarmament.
It was the first time Prachanda, whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal, had met Nepal's top leadership since the insurgency began in 1996. For years, he was hardly seen at all, appearing only occasionally in remote villages controlled by the rebels.
More
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/06/16/nepalese_rebels_to_join_interim_govt/
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