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Indian Foreign Minister’s Nepal visit
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On the afternoon of November 24, 2008, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Kathmandu, and on Tuesday, November 25, 2008, he met with the president and vice-president, and then Prime Minister.
In the meeting with the Prime Minister, Indian foreign Minister suggested the Prime Minister to work in harmony with all political parties for crating a new constitution and for integrating the People’s Liberation Army with the Nepali Army.
He also met with the current opposition leader and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and General Secretary of the CPN-UML Jhalanath Khanal.
In the meeting with the Indian Foreign Minister, former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala complained that the CPN-Maoist leaders have breached the 12-point Understanding reached between the CPN-Maoist and the then-seven-party alliance, and breached the politics of consensus.
General Secretary of the CPN-UML Jhalanath Khanal also complained to the Indian Foreign Minister that both the Nepali Congress headed by Girija Prasad Koirala and the CPN-Maoist headed by Prachanda have been taking an extreme position on integrating the People’s Liberation Army into the Nepali Army.
On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, after the meeting with his Indian Counterpart, Nepalese foreign Minister Upendra Yadav standing by the side of Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the reporters that they discussed the Nepal-India Friendship, border issues, Indian investments in Nepalese hydropower, survey of east-west railway line in Nepal, repair and maintenance of Koshi barrage and rehabilitation of victims of the Koshi floods.
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee in turn told the reporters that India would assist Nepal in the peace process and institutionalizing democracy in Nepal. He also said that India would reconstruct the portion of the Nepal East-west Highway damaged by the Koshi flood during the rainy season and make it operational and the Koshi follow its original path in this year.
On Wednesday, November 26, 2008, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee would take the aerial view of the Koshi area and then return back to India.
