KATHMANDU, Sept. 3:
Ahead of his proposed visit to India, the new Nepalese Prime Minister, Prachanda, has said that the historic 1950 Indo-Nepal trade and transit treaty needed to be reviewed. “Nepal has now become a republic after big political changes, therefore the 1950 treaty needs to be reviewed,” Prachanda told the BBC's Nepali service. This were his first comments on the treaty, but he did not give details as to what needs to be changed.
The Nepalese premier, whose recent visit to Beijing had been perceived as a snub to New Delhi, said he would visit India before going to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly, without specifying any dates.
However, the foreign ministry sources said the tentative schedule for a visit was 17-18 September.
In an effort to curb the movement of criminals across the porous border, Nepal's Maoist-led government has placed the renewal of the extradition treaty with India on top of the agenda during Prachanda's New Delhi visit. Nepal's new government will probably look into the details of the draft of the agreement, which was to have been signed earlier during the Nepali Congress-led coalition government, before taking up the matter with New Delhi, home ministry sources said in New Delhi.
It is likely that besides other matters the issue relating to the extradition treaty will come up during the Prime Minister's forthcoming visit to India later this month, the ministry sources said. Nepal Home Minister Mr Bam Dev Gautam did not give he details of the treaty that Nepal planned to ink with India. n PTI
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