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India Foreign Secretary in Nepal for talks NEW DELHI, Dec. 10 (AFP) - India's Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran will visit Nepal on Sunday for talks with King Gyanendra to push for the return of democracy in the Himalayan nation, an official said Thursday. "Restoration of democracy" is an item on the agenda during the three-day visit, the official said requesting anonymity. The Indian Express newspaper said other issues to be discussed include New Delhi's recent proposal to review the India-Nepal transit treaty and Kathmandu's reported acceptance of military aid from China after India cut supplies following February's royal coup. India had imposed unilateral trade embargo in 1988-89 after Nepal imported arms and ammunition from China. The Transit Treaty, last renewed in January 1999, allows trade into the landlocked kingdom through 15 designated transit points on the India-Nepal border. The treaty comes up for review every seven years. Saran's visit to Kathmandu will take place a month after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met the Nepalese monarch in Dhaka on the sidelines of a South Asian summit. Singh, who urged Gyanendra to restore multiparty democracy in the Himalayan kingdom, later told reporters the king had assured him "that a carefully worked out roadmap will be prepared to usher in democratic process". |
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