KATHMANDU, May 6: Foreign envoys who met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday afternoon said that the latter expressed his commitment to multiparty democracy and taking peace process forward.
“We got positive vibes from the PM and he assured us of his party´s commitment to multiparty system,” an envoy present in the meeting said.
The source also informed that they sought the meeting with the Prime Minister and also with CPN-UML chairman Jhalanath Khanal to express concern about the political turn of events of the last few days.
Mrs. Pirkko-Liisa Kyostilia, Charge d´Affaires of Embassy of Finland, who is currently representing the EU presidency in absence of Czech Republic, which holds the current EU presidency, said, “We were worried about the consequences of the present crisis facing the country and that is why we met with both the leaders.”
She further said that the envoys, including the heads of EU missions in Nepal and the US ambassador to Nepal, urged the leaders to forge a common ground and look for a way ahead on the basis of consensus in such critical time.
“There is no alternative to consensus politics,” Kyostilia told myrepublica.com.
The envoys said that since the UML was trying to form the next government, it was ´important to meet Khanal.” But they added that they see less possibility of a new government without the participation of the Maoists.
Kyostilia also informed that two agendas dominated the meeting. She said the main issue revolved around taking the peace process to a logical conclusion and second was drafting of a new constitution. “These two were the main issues of our concern,” she said.
The envoys also told the leaders that the new political development can be very ´damaging´ to the peace process and thus they urged the political parties to “act responsibly and renounce violence altogether.
“There is no space for violence or violent activities in today´s context,” an envoy said.
They have, however, labeled the forthcoming decisions as “internal matter of Nepal.”
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