Posted by: himaliketo September 5, 2005
King?s UN visit cancelled
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King?s UN visit cancelled KOL Report KATHMANDU, Sept 6 - King Gyanendra?s proposed UN visit has been cancelled, according to a highly placed government source. The sources on Monday disclosed that the government has cancelled the booking of the plane of the national flag carrier, RNAC, signaling that the monarch?s visit stands cancelled. The monarch was scheduled to visit New York to address the 60th session of the UN General Assembly on September 16, which was to be attended by heads of states of more than 170 countries from across the world. Now the country would be represented by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ramesh Nath Pandey, although, the list of other officials accompanying Pandey has not been fixed as yet. The development comes two days after Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Prachanda announced a three-month unilateral ceasefire on Saturday. Prachanda had also called on UN involvement in resolving the ongoing conflict. (hb)
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