The EU and India´s concerns came at the end of the EU-India Summit held in New Delhi early this month, according to a statement issued by the European Commission in Nepal. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh represented India while Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, in his capacity as the president of the Council of European Commission, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Durão Barroso represented the EU in the summit.
"The leaders expressed their concern at the faltering peace process in Nepal. They stressed that rebuilding trust and confidence among all stakeholders was essential to conclude the peace process and draft a new inclusive Constitution within the stipulated timeframe," reads the statement.
According the statement, they were "distressed" that the Legislature-Parliament has not been allowed to function and called on all political parties, in spirit of accommodation, to resume the process soon.
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