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KATHMANDU - Nepalâs main political parties will hold talks with Maoists on forming a broad front against King Gyanendra provided the rebels keep to their promise to stop killing civilians, senior party officials said on Tuesday. âWe have decided to set up a committee representing the seven (main political) parties which will take the initiative to hold a dialogue with Maoists,â Laxman Ghimire, a member of the central committee of the main Nepali Congress party, told AFP.
âBut we have yet to decide the date, we have yet to decide the venue (for the talks),â he said, adding that the seven members of the comittee had still to be approved by the political parties.
Gopal Man Shrestha, chief of Nepalâs third largest party, the Nepali Congress (Democratic) party, told AFP that rights groups and activists would be asked to monitor whether the rebels had ended their attacks on civilians before any dialogue is held.
In the past the political parties have said they will not talk to the rebels unless they lay down their arms. âMaoist leader Prachanda had given the assurance they would stop killing civilians and party activists,â Shrestha said. âA civil society monitoring committee will be formed to survey whether the killings and kidnappings have now stopped,â he said.
âOn the basis of that report, we will decide whether to go ahead with dialogue,â he added.
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Prachanda had on June 29 called on the parties to form a broad front against the monarchy, who seized absloute power after sacking the four-party coalition government in February for its failure to end the Maoist uprising.
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