NEPAL: INDIA takes ‘disappointment’ to Prachanda



17 jAN 2010:

PTI)
Jan. 16: Foreign minister S.M. Krishna today conveyed to Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda his “deep disappointment at the baseless attacks” on New Delhi by his party leadership.

Former Prime Minister Prachanda later told reporters the interaction had been “very good” and “frank” and had opened the doors for talks with India.

Prachanda met Krishna, who is on a three-day visit to Nepal, at the Indian minister’s hotel in Kathmandu this evening.

Krishna told him the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) should honour its commitment to facilitate Nepal’s transition to a new constitution and multi-party democracy.

In New Delhi, the foreign ministry spokesperson said: “The external affairs minister conveyed his deep disappointment at the baseless attacks on India by the Maoist leadership which vitiate the age-old and time-tested friendly relations between India and Nepal and the people of the two countries. He emphasised that such baseless propaganda has a negative impact on Indian public opinion.”