Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula, who is also the chief government negotiator, has said that the government and the Maoist negotiating teams would finalize areas for Maoist cantonments within three days.
Speaking at the parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) Sitaula said, "Both the government and Maoist negotiating teams have been doing homework to finalize specific areas for setting up camps for Maoist combatants in the country by Friday."
"The Maoists are currently working on selecting cantonments at various places in the country. It is necessary for us to work faster so that the UN team would be able to work better once it arrives here," Sitaula told reporters after SAC's meeting.
Home Minister Sitaula further said that a UN mission would arrive in Kathmandu in the first week of September to expedite the peace process.
"The UN team would arrive within 10 days," Sitaula quoted Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as saying in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
According to him, the government has requested the United Nations to send a mission, establish its office here and operate till sustainable peace is restored.
Expressing his firm belief that the dialogue would not break at any cost this time, the Home Minister said,"The three-month ceasefire will turn into a permanent one. The Maoist leadership is serious about making the dialogue successful."
Apprising SAC members about the government's step to maintain law and order by controlling miscreants, he said that the Nepal Police, during a massive campaign launched Tuesday from Koteshwor to Sanepa, arrested 60 people.
Referring to the Maoists move to kill Nepali Congress cadres in Bardiya and Dhanusha, he said though the incidents were serious ones, they would not affect the peace process as such.
Speaking at the parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) Sitaula said, "Both the government and Maoist negotiating teams have been doing homework to finalize specific areas for setting up camps for Maoist combatants in the country by Friday."
"The Maoists are currently working on selecting cantonments at various places in the country. It is necessary for us to work faster so that the UN team would be able to work better once it arrives here," Sitaula told reporters after SAC's meeting.
Home Minister Sitaula further said that a UN mission would arrive in Kathmandu in the first week of September to expedite the peace process.
"The UN team would arrive within 10 days," Sitaula quoted Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as saying in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
According to him, the government has requested the United Nations to send a mission, establish its office here and operate till sustainable peace is restored.
Expressing his firm belief that the dialogue would not break at any cost this time, the Home Minister said,"The three-month ceasefire will turn into a permanent one. The Maoist leadership is serious about making the dialogue successful."
Apprising SAC members about the government's step to maintain law and order by controlling miscreants, he said that the Nepal Police, during a massive campaign launched Tuesday from Koteshwor to Sanepa, arrested 60 people.
Referring to the Maoists move to kill Nepali Congress cadres in Bardiya and Dhanusha, he said though the incidents were serious ones, they would not affect the peace process as such.
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