The agreement was reached in a meeting held between Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the prime minister’s official residence in Baluwatar Saturday morning. [break]
Talking to media persons after the meeting, Home Minister Bhim Rawal, who was also present in the meeting, said the decision was made as such a function would give a message of emotional unity between the government and the cantoned Maoist combatants.
Rawal said the date for organizing such a ceremony, however, has not been fixed yet.
In a three-point agreement reached on Friday, the government and the Maoist had agreed to bring the cantoned Maoist combatants under Special Committee. They have also agreed to deploy eight-member joint team of each Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Maoist army to seven Maoist cantonments and a Nepal Army Barrack in Chhauni to monitor arms kept in containers.
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