Ambassador's audience with His Majesty

The following statement was issued by the Ministry of External Affairs on February 9, 2005 on the audience of H.E. Ambassador, Shiv Shankar Mukherjee with His Majesty.

“The Indian Ambassador in Nepal had an audience with King Gyanendra this evening.

The King explained the reasons for the recent steps he had taken. During the meeting the Ambassador conveyed India’s position as contained in our statement of February 1, 2005 and urged a return to democratic processes at the earliest. He emphasised the importance of bringing the political party leaders into a broad national consensus to enable Nepal to overcome the political and economic challenges confronting it. For this, it was necessary to remove all restrictions placed on these leaders since February 1, 2005.

India remains committed to supporting all efforts to bringing about political stability and economic recovery in Nepal. The situation in Nepal is under constant review of the Government.”