Maoists, UNMIN meeting inconclusive

The meeting between the Maoist leadership and UNMIN officials failed to reach any conclusion regarding the immediate resumption of the stalled second stage verification of the Maoist combatants.

The meeting between Maoist leaders including Prachanda and his deputy commanders and UNMIN officials led by its chief Ian Martin, on Friday, had focused on resolving the issue of stalled verification. Following the meeting, Martin told reporters that more discussions are necessary before the second stage verification can resume. Martin is leaving for New York on Friday evening. He will brief the UN Security Council on the progress of peace process in Nepal.

Meanwhile, a deputy commander of Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) has claimed that the meeting between the Maoist leadership and the UNMIN officials has decided to prepare modality for 're-verification' of some combatants in Ilam camp.

"We have agreed to determine the modality through the meeting with the UNMIN officials tomorrow," Janardan Sharma aka Prabhakar told Nepal FM.

Refusing to divulge the number of combatants who will be subjected to 're-verification,' Prabhakar said the new modality will be prepared so that there will not be repetition of similar problems during verification in other camps. nepalnews.com sd Jul 20 07

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