Just insertion - Press briefing of the US Foreign secretariat QUESTION: On Nepal. MR. BOUCHER: Let's -- I forget who was going to change the subject first, but I guess you just won. Go ahead. QUESTION: Richard, opposition leaders from Nepal and also human rights groups, including Amnesty and Asia Watch, what they are saying is that political leaders and innocent people have been arrested by the King rather than the Maoists or the terrorists. And what they are asking the U.S. is really can U.S. (inaudible) King is asking only after three years he will think about restoring democracy in Nepal. MR. BOUCHER: I think we have made clear our concerns about these reports of arrests. We've made clear our concerns about the status of opposition leaders. As you know, Ambassador Moriarty came back to Washington after delivering a message on our behalf to the King and now is back in Nepal and continues to pursue our efforts to urge the King and leaders in Nepal to resolve this very quickly and resolve it in the favor of democracy. So no, we don't accept a lengthy timetable. We think that the King needs to move quickly to reinstate and protect civil and human rights, to release those who are detained under the state of emergency, and to begin a dialogue with the political parties intended to restore multiparty democratic institutions under a constitutional monarchy. QUESTION: Can I follow up? MR. BOUCHER: Yeah. QUESTION: Ambassador Moriarty (inaudible) to stop by at (inaudible) to Kathmandu for consultations. Is there any efforts being made by the United States to coordinate positions with the other allies in relation to Nepal as the -- as India and Britain had basically frozen military aid? MR. BOUCHER: We are certainly in close touch with India, with Britain, with other nations about the situation in Nepal. Any number of countries have expressed the same kinds of concerns as we have. They have moved diplomatically. And we do know that some of them have already made decisions, for example, on cutting off military assistance. At this point we're still looking at our options on security assistance. We certainly remain disturbed by the lack of progress on detainees and restoring fundamental rights. I would point out the majority of U.S. assistance to Nepal goes to promoting economic development and we're looking carefully at our programs to determine which ones would best achieve the objective of restoring democracy but also presenting -- preventing a Maoist takeover. So we'll look at all those programs very carefully. QUESTION: Richard, the Secretary -- I'm sorry. The Secretary spoke with anybody in Nepal or any leaders in India or Bhutan on this issue? MR. BOUCHER: I don't think she's had, you know, phone calls or anything like that for a while, but she's certainly following this issue carefully and directing our embassies to keep in touch and coordinate with others on this. Okay, Said was going to talk about settlements, if we're changing.