Nepal arms supply would remain under constant review: Mukherjee
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, June 6, IRNA
India-Nepal-Koirala
India said Monday the issue of arms supply to Nepal would remain under constant review as former Nepalese prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala met Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee here.
The Nepali Congress (NC) president, heading a seven-party alliance against the royal takeover in the kingdom, was closeted with Mukherjee for about 45 minutes during which he apprised the minister about the latest ground situation in his country and urged that arms supply should not be resumed.
Mukherjee reiterated India's consistent stand that to deal with the political and economic challenges which Nepal faces, it was imperative that the political parties and the monarchy work together to evolve a broad national consensus, an official spokesman said.
On the issue of arms supply, the defense minister conveyed that the matter would remain under constant review, he said.
Koirala, who arrived here on Saturday, thanked India for its support to the movement for restoration of multi-party democracy and impressed upon him that the pressure be maintained on King Gyanendra.
The 82-year-old Nepali leader, who spent two months under house arrest after royal takeover on February 1, is against India resuming military supplies to his country till democracy was restored and is understood to have conveyed this to Mukherjee, sources said.
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