EU statement unexpected: Maoists
The CPN (Maoist) has expressed surprise over the ‘unexpected’ statement of the European Union at the end of a three-day visit of a high-level delegation to Kathmandu on Wednesday.
Issuing a statement today CPN (Maoist) chairman, Prachanda, said, “Our party is seriously concerned over the expressions of the EU delegation. The one-sided and irresponsible expressions against our party from a responsible international organisation like the EU were unexpected.” He insisted that the EU statement came with the suggestion of the ‘old regime’ and the army.
Organising a press conference Wednesday, the EU delegation had expressed support to the government, asking the Maoists to return to the negotiating table without preconditions and stop the human rights violations. The EU team had also asked all the constitutional forces in Nepal to rally behind the incumbent government and had said that the cases of human rights abuses by the security forces, particularly in view of the absence of a functioning parliament, were nothing surprising.
The Maoist supremo claimed that the statement of the EU came against the will of the Nepali people and the agitating political parties and it ignored the Maoist demand for a reliable international mediation as well as the demand for a constituent assembly.
“If the EU is up to forcing our party, the agitating parties and the Nepali people to surrender to the feudal dictatorial regime, its desire will never become a reality,” Prachanda said, adding that the Maoist party expected a ‘balanced and positive’ role of the EU to settle the ongoing civil war. nepalnews.com mbk Dec 16 04
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