Prachanda and Koirala resume Nepal peace talks
{{date|November 6, 2006}}

The [[w:Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)]] chairman [[w:Prachanda|Prachanda]] and Nepal Prime Minister [[w:Girija Prasad Koirala|Girija Prasad Koirala]]  resumed the fifth round of peace talks today evening, following a meeting in the presence of UN Secretary General's representative [[w:Ian Martin|Ian Martin]] held on Sunday. The aim of the peace talk was to settle the issue of arms management.

The meeting was held at Baluwatar in Nepal to finalise the political package prepared by the ruling seven-party alliance (SPA) and CPN (Maoist). They tried to narrow down the differences to reach the final conclusion on all the issues.

Prachanda held a meeting with Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) General Secretary, [[w:Madhav Kumar Nepal|Madhav Kumar Nepal]], and leader of the United Leftist Front, Prabhu Narayan Chaudhari, to discuss the political package in the morning before the talks.

The submit meeting was adjourned after six and half hours long talk. It is likely to resume in Tuesday morning.

Prachanda said that he will make his first public address in twenty five year in a mass meeting in [[w:Kathmandu|Kathmandu]] this Friday.

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== Sources ==
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|title=Breakthrough hopes in Nepal talks
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=November 6, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2006/nov/nov06/news06.php
|title=Prachanda meets with Koirala, others; discusses political package
|author=
|pub=Nepal News
|date=November 6, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=36993
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|author=
|pub=Times of Oman
|date=November 6, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.keralanext.com/news/?id=894841
|title=Nepal rebels close to deal on weapons
|author=
|pub=Kerala Next
|date=November 6, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2006/nov/nov06/news18.php
|title=Summit meeting adjourned, will resume on Tuesday morning
|author=
|pub=Nepal News
|date=November 6, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=90643
|title=Prachanda to make his first public address in 25 years
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|pub=eKantipur
|date=November 6, 2006}}

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The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Prachanda and Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala  resumed the fifth round of peace talks today evening, following a meeting in the presence of UN Secretary General's representative Ian Martin held on Sunday. The aim of the peace talk was to settle the issue of arms management.

The meeting was held at Baluwatar in Nepal to finalise the political package prepared by the ruling seven-party alliance (SPA) and CPN (Maoist). They tried to narrow down the differences to reach the final conclusion on all the issues.

Prachanda held a meeting with Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) General Secretary, Madhav Kumar Nepal, and leader of the United Leftist Front, Prabhu Narayan Chaudhari, to discuss the political package in the morning before the talks.

The submit meeting was adjourned after six and half hours long talk. It is likely to resume in Tuesday morning.

Prachanda said that he will make his first public address in twenty five year in a mass meeting in Kathmandu this Friday.
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