Army chief begins lobbying to stop extension of UNMIN term
Posted by gobinda mahato on Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Chhatraman Singh Gurung has started lobbying to stop...
Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Chhatraman Singh Gurung has started lobbying to stop the extension of the current mandate of United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), Kantipur daily reported.
CoAS
Gurung has met leaders of various political parties other than the
Unified CPN (Maoist) representing in the Army Integration Special
Committee (AISC) and asked them not to extend the current mandate of
UNMIN.
He has met with caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, also the chairman of AISC, caretaker peace minister Rakam Chemjong, UML general secretary Ishwar Pokhrel, and Nepali Congress leaders Minendra Rijal and Ram Sharan Mahat over UNMIN term extension.
At the meetings with the leaders, CoAS has asked them not to extend the term of UNMIN as its role had already completed. He has opined the Maoist combatants staying in the cantonments should be monitored by a secretariat to be formed under the AISC.
He has also talked about UNMIN term extension with Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) joint-chairman Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta and MJF (Loktantrik) leader Jitendra Dev over the phone.
NC leader Mahat said, the CoAS stressed that UNMIN's term should not be extended.
UNMIN's current mandate is ending on September 15.
Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Chhatraman Singh Gurung has started lobbying to stop the extension of the current mandate of United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), Kantipur daily reported.
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| Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Chhatraman Singh Gurung |
He has met with caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, also the chairman of AISC, caretaker peace minister Rakam Chemjong, UML general secretary Ishwar Pokhrel, and Nepali Congress leaders Minendra Rijal and Ram Sharan Mahat over UNMIN term extension.
At the meetings with the leaders, CoAS has asked them not to extend the term of UNMIN as its role had already completed. He has opined the Maoist combatants staying in the cantonments should be monitored by a secretariat to be formed under the AISC.
He has also talked about UNMIN term extension with Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) joint-chairman Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta and MJF (Loktantrik) leader Jitendra Dev over the phone.
NC leader Mahat said, the CoAS stressed that UNMIN's term should not be extended.
UNMIN's current mandate is ending on September 15.
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