If the Congressi govt of Krishna Pd. Bhattarai had not discarded the Zone of Peace proposal, Nepal would have been saved of various problems that it's facing now. Birendra Sarkar understood the world well, one has to give him credits for that. More than 10 years before the UN passed its resolution 1373 in 2001, Nepal had proposed anti-terrorism resolution when the SAARC summit was held in Kathmandu. All 6 countries supported it, except India. The Zone of Peace proposal too contained a primitive version of UN resolution 1373. Nepal would not let any anti-state elements/groups from teh countries that accept the ZoP propsal and vice-versa. India couldn't accept it because, if it had accepted it, it would have to send back BP and other congressi/communit leaders who were in India. India needed those leaders to put a pressure on Nepal. And Kishunji, Girija repayed the favor by abandoning the whole proposal all together!