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U.S. expresses concerns over peace process
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Middle Asia, Robert O. Blake, expressed concerns over Nepal's peace process on today.
He said that the increasing differences among the major political parties and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoists (UCPN-M) and the delay in the expansion of the government could jeopardize the already fragile peace process.
Blake, who arrived here Friday to take stock of the latest political development, voiced concerns during his meeting with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar of Nepal.
The meeting took place at the Prime Minister's office in Singha Durbar shortly after Blake's arrival in the capital.
The visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary said that the government's priority to conclude the ongoing peace process should be on drafting the new constitution, integration of the UCPN-M combatants and rehabilitation of the minors residing in the United Nations-monitored cantonments.
The discussion also dwelled on the possible extension of the United Nations' mission in Nepal, which is due to end on July 23, 2009.
Blake is the highest-ranking political official to visit Nepal after the UCPN-(M)-led government was toppled last month.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Middle Asia, Robert O. Blake, expressed concerns over Nepal's peace process on today.He said that the increasing differences among the major political parties and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoists (UCPN-M) and the delay in the expansion of the government could jeopardize the already fragile peace process.
Blake, who arrived here Friday to take stock of the latest political development, voiced concerns during his meeting with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar of Nepal.
The meeting took place at the Prime Minister's office in Singha Durbar shortly after Blake's arrival in the capital.
The visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary said that the government's priority to conclude the ongoing peace process should be on drafting the new constitution, integration of the UCPN-M combatants and rehabilitation of the minors residing in the United Nations-monitored cantonments.
The discussion also dwelled on the possible extension of the United Nations' mission in Nepal, which is due to end on July 23, 2009.
Blake is the highest-ranking political official to visit Nepal after the UCPN-(M)-led government was toppled last month.
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