The US envoy said this during his meeting with Maoist Vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha at the latter´s residence at Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur on Thursday afternoon. [break]
“The USA would fully cooperate with Nepal even if the next government is led by the Maoists. We treat all the political parties in Nepal equally,” Shrestha quoted DeLisi as telling him during an hour-long meeting.
According to Shrestha, DeLisi was concerned over the complex political situation in Nepal and stressed the need for national consensus to bail the country out of the crisis. “The political parties themselves should take initiatives to end the deadlock,” DeLisi told Shrestha.
The US envoy also asked the Maoist vice-chairman whether his party would cooperate with other parties to extend the CA deadline.
Shrestha replied that the CA was his party´s agenda and would not let it dissolve without accomplishing its goal, but he added that his party wants to ensure promulgation of the new constitution and logical conclusion of the peace process.
While thanking the Maoists for making their general strike peaceful and finally withdrawing it, DeLisi assured Shrestha that the USA would soon remove the Maoist party from his country´s list of terrorist organizations.
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