Addressing an interaction at the Reporters' Club in Kathmandu, Thursday, Sood said, "During this critical period, it becomes necessary for all political leaders, especially the larger parties and the largest party, which has emerged, namely the Maoists, to take position of responsibility, to develop consensus and to form a government of national unity."
Ambassador Sood added that since the elected Constituent Assembly (CA) needs to take decisions on a number of important sensitive issues, these decisions will be best taken in the spirit of consensus.
He said that his government will wait and see once the new government is formed in Nepal to look into the issue of amending or revising the 1950 treaty. "We will be happy to take up this matter and discuss," he said.
He said that India's relation with Nepal will continue whether it became republic or whichever party comes to power.
Ambassador Sood, in his first interaction with Nepali press since his appointment as New Delhi's envoy, said that he has no knowledge of any pact between parties, and the King during the visit of Indian envoy Karan Singh in April, 2006.
He also denied reports India was suggesting to make Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as president in the new dispensation. nepalnews.com sd May 15 08
