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Nepal rebels urge donors to stop aid to government KATHMANDU, Tuesday (Reuters) Maoist rebels fighting an eight-year insurgency in Nepal have urged foreign donors to stop giving support of any kind to the aid-dependent Himalayan kingdom. International donors, including the United Nations, have pressed the rebels and the government to resume talks to try to end the rebellion that has killed more than 10,000 people. But rebel leader Prachanda reiterated in a statement late on Monday the rebels will only take part in peace talks that have been mediated by a third party, which the government has rejected as unnecessary for the moment. "We appeal to the international community, who are on the side of the people, to help Nepali peoples' aspirations for peace and democracy by stopping all financial, political, military and diplomatic support to the old feudal regime," Prachanda said. He said talks in 2001 and 2003 failed because the government did not negotiate in good faith. "That is why our party had concluded that peace talks under the mediation or the support of the United Nations or any credible international human rights organisation can only yield positive results," Prachanda said. |
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