Den nepalesiske regering nedsætter fredskomité

Den nepalesiske koalitionsregering nedsætter fredskomité samtidig med, at kampe mellem sikkerhedsstyrkerne og de maoistiske oprørere optrappes i Achham-distriktet. Det er stadig svært at se den vej, der skal føre de stridende parter til forhandlingsbordet.

Fra Kantipur Online:

The government has formed a high level Peace Committee under the leadership of the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to start peace talks with the Maoists and to draw up a common political concept.

Government spokesman Mohammad Moushin told a press conference Thursday afternoon that the committee, which was formed by the cabinet meeting, includes Madhav Kumar Nepal, Pashupati Shumsher Rana, Badri Prasad Mandal and himself. He said the committee would take decisions regarding cease-fire, peace talks as well as other related issues.

Moushin also claimed during the press conference that informal talks had been held with the Maoists to declare cease-fire.

(rk) KOL Report

Fra Nepalnews.com:

(Aug. 13) - Security forces and Maoist rebels clashed for nearly eight hours near Binayak ilaka in the far-western district of Achham Thursday.

According to reports, Royal Nepalese Army troops engaged the rebels for several hours. The army choppers that reached the area after the clashes began started massive aerial bombing. There were no details of the casualties but army sources said some army personnel as well as rebels were injured in the battle.

The army had transported reinforcement to the area and continued air patrol. The rebels too continued firing long-range weapons from higher altitude. A F.M. radio station run by the underground rebels claimed that their guerrillas had broken the security cordon and that they would take on the army personnel if they came further up pursuing them.

Space Time daily quoted an unnamed army official saying that this was the first well-planned and sensitive offensive launched by the army, but that the rebels fled from the area after getting information about it in advance.

Nepalnews.com 

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