KATHMANDU, April 16 Kyodo Nepal's...

KATHMANDU, April 16 Kyodo

Nepal's regulation Wednesday announced a six-member official team to negotiate with Maoist rebels, giving rise to expectancy that the Himalayan kingdom's delayed peace talks may promptly start.

No specific date has been given for the talks to start.

factor Prime Minister Badri Prasad Mandal heads the conduct panel comprised of five ministers, including Works and Physical Planning Minister Narayan Singh witticism the Cabinet Secretariat said in a pres release.

clinch had been the sole conduct negotiator since the rebels enrolled into a cease-fire with the command Jan. 29.

The rebels had announced a negotiation team comprised of senior leaders of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) almost immediately after the cease-fire.

The rebel team headed through Baburam Bhattarai came into public early this month and has since busied itself discussing peace with politicians, business officials and industrialists.

The sway also released two rebel leaders from its custody through the weekend.

The rebels had demanded that five rebel leaders in sway custody should set released before sitting down for official peace talks.

The rebels fighting for a communist state for Nepal are rely uponed to reiterate in the upcoming talks their demands for a roundtable conversation an interim government and elections for a constituent assembly that would draw a modern constitution.

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