Giving fresh start to dialogue that had stalled after the formation of the Maoist-UML coalition, top leaders of the UCPN (Maoist) and the Nepali Congress met Friday evening in a bid to find consensus on key issues such as integration of the Maoist combatants and drafting of the new constitution.
Maoist vice chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha, who was present in the meeting held at Hotel Baishali at Thamel, said both sides presented their views on issues concerning army integration and constitution-drafting. However, the meeting could not arrive at any agreement.
"The start of talks between the two parties is itself very important," Shrestha told Nepalnews, adding that dialogue would continue between the two parties.
Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, vice chairman-duo Mohan Baidya and Shrestha, general secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa and Barshaman Pun participated in the meeting from the Maoist side while the NC team included party president Sushil Koirala, Ram Chandra Poudel, Bimalendra Nidhi, Krishna Prasad Situala, Ram Saran Mahat and Arjun Narsingh K.C.
The meeting came despite the NC leaders public statements that the party would not sit for talks with the Maoists and the UML unless the seven-point agreement between the two communist parties is scrapped. nepalnews.com
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