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KATHMANDU (AFP) - The senior minister in Nepal's new cabinet named by King Gyanedra urged the world to back the monarch's seizure of power as the only way to end a bloody Maoist revolt and restore lasting democracy.

"The concern of the international community is about the future of multiparty democracy in Nepal ... the king's commitment to multi-party democracy is total," Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey told AFP in an interview Friday.

"The world community ... has united against terrorism which the international community takes as a threat to human civilisation," he added.

But until the Maoist insurgency is halted, "multi-party democracy cannot come back on track," said Pandey, a former journalist known for his pro-royalty views but who has never before served in active politics.

"We have learnt the lessons after paying a heavy price that without restoring peace and security, we cannot hold elections," he said.

श्री ५ ज्ञानेन्द्रको अध्यक्षतामा बुधवार घोषित नयां मन्त्रीमण्डल यस प्रकार छ:

१. परराष्ट्र - रमेशनाथ पाण्डे

२. शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद - राधाकृष्ण मैनाली

३. सामान्य प्रशासन - कृष्ण लाल थकाली

४. संस्कृती, पर्यटन तथा नागरीक उड्डयन - बुद्धी राज बज्राचार्य

५. महिला, बालबालिका तथा समाज कल्याण - श्रीमति दुर्गा श्रेष्ठ

६. सूचना तथा संचार - टंक दाहाल

७. गृह तथा कानून, न्याय र संसदिय मामिला - दान बहादुर शाही

८. स्थानिय विकास - खड्ग बहादुर जीसी

९. श्रम तथा यातायात व्यवस्था - राम नारायण सिंह

१०. अर्थमन्त्री - मधुकर शम्सेर राणा

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