Nepal government, Maoist finalize peace accord
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Nov 21, IRNA
Nepal-Maoist-Accord
Nepal's Government and Maoist rebels on Tuesday finalized a peace agreement to end a decade-long insurgency that has claimed over 15,000 lives in the country.
The accord will be signed later Tuesday.
The Seven-Party Alliance Government and the Maoists have finalized the Comprehensive Ceasefire and Peace Agreement, PTI reported here.
Prime Minister G P Koirala and Maoist Chief Prachanda will sign the historic peace agreement this evening despite last-minute wrangling over the accord.
The draft agreement was struck on November 8 and had been due to be signed last week but was postponed as both sides said some issues still had to be resolved. A Tuesday deadline was then set.
Under the deal, the rebels are to end their 'people's war', join an interim government and place their arms and troops under UN monitoring.
The Nepal Army is also supposed to be confined to quarters by Tuesday.
This is the third time that the rebels and the government have tried to hammer out a peace deal in the Himalayan nation. Two earlier attempts in 2001 and 2003 failed.
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