[News] Maoists claim Nepal peace deal

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Maoists claim Nepal peace deal

Maoist party leader says agreement reached between parties to take 
peace process forward and form new government.
Last Modified: 14 Jan 2011 15:41 GMT
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/01/2011114145226488882.html

The Nepali government and Maoist rebels have struck a deal which will 
lead to the formation of a new government within three months, the 
leader of the Maoist party has told Al Jazeera.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Maoist leader popularly known as Prachanda, 
said a consensus agreement has been reached regarding how to take the 
peace process forward.

Al Jazeera's Prerna Suri, reporting from Kathmandu on Friday, said a 
six-member body will be set up, with three members from the main 
political parties, including the Maoist party, and three other 
members from a special committee.

"They will be looking after the main clauses in the peace agreement, 
and that is the reintegration of former Maoist combatants into the 
Nepalese army," she said.

"That also includes the monitoring of arms and ammunition which the 
UN was earlier supervising.

Prachanda said the timeline for the process was that within two or 
three months 19,000 former Maoist combatants were expected to be 
rehabilitated, and that within the same period a new Nepalese 
government would be formed.

UN pullout

The announcement from Prachanda came as the United Nations peace 
mission to Nepal ended its four-year engagement in the country on Friday.

"There was a fear here that once the United Nations leaves, that if 
there is a vacuum ... there would be potential chaos," our correspondent said.

Arms monitors will remain at camps where thousands of former rebels 
are confined until Saturday. It is these former rebels who will be 
reintegrated according to the plan that the Maoists have now agreed to.

On Friday, Robert Blake, the US assistant secretary of state for 
South Asia, spoke to Madhav Kumar Nepal, the country's last prime 
minister and Prachanda, urging both to "respect their commitments 
under the comprehensive peace agreement", PJ Crowley, the state 
department spokesman, said.




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