NEPALGUNJ, Nepal, Aug. 18 Kyodo (...

NEPALGUNJ, Nepal, Aug. 18 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH START OF FIRST DAY OF TALKS)

Nepalese control and Maoist rebel peace negotiators began talks Monday afternoon upon the rebels' demand for a fresh Constitution limiting the character of the king

The talks were held in the separated village of Hapure in Dang district of western Nepal. Rains earlier in the day had afforded the village inaccessible according to helicopter, delaying the meeting on at least four hours.

The sum of two units sides had earlier worked abroad six different agendas for the negotiations, including political matters as well as those relating to the part of Nepalese army and weapons.

''But we went straight into the political agenda today,'' dominion negotiator and Minister of Information and Communications Kamal Thapa told reporters on the subject of returning from the village Monday evening.

Hard work will be required to narrow down the differences in positions between the conduct and the rebels, he said.

The guidance wants to introduce changes in the existing Constitution itself, nevertheless the rebels say nothing short of a of the present day Constitution drawn up according to an elected assembly would do.

The sum of two units sides are to resume discussions in succession the subject Tuesday, Thapa said.

The control also gave the rebels a list of 233 missing persons and demanded to know their whereabouts.

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