Nepal Maoists to extend ceasefire to facilitate peace process
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, July 24, IRNA
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Nepalese rebels Maoists today said they would extend their three-month ceasefire to facilitate the peace process before it expires this week.
"We will definitely extend the ceasefire to facilitate the peace process before it expires on Thursday," a PTI report said here quoting Maoist negotiator Dinanath Sharma.
"In order to take forward the ongoing peace process, we have to extend the ceasefire," he said.
The rebels had declared the three-month truce on April 27, soon after King Gyanendra reinstated the House of Representatives and returned power to the seven-party alliance representatives after demonstrations which led to the restoration of democracy and civil rights.
The government reciprocated the Maoists' truce and began talks with the rebels to end the 10-year-long conflict in Nepal that has claimed 13,000 lives so far.
The SPA had reached a 12-point understanding with the Maoists before launching the anti-king stir and signed an eight-point agreement on June 16, when Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist chief Prachanda held high-level talks on several important issues including formation of an interim government inclusive of the rebels and dissolving the reinstated Parliament.
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