KATHMANDU, July 19 Kyodo The lead...

KATHMANDU, July 19 Kyodo

The leader of Nepal's Maoist rebels, who are waging an armed insurrection in the Himalayan kingdom, has reiterated his call for peace talks with the government

Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) Prachanda said Thursday in a statement that his party would ''seriously make a efficient appeal to all pro-people forces for seeking a resolution to the point in dispute through talks and dialogue.''

''Talks, dialogue, and an interim dominion as well as an electoral proces subordinate to the leadership of the interim restraint would form the minimum basis for the resolution of the question for the present,'' the Maoist chief said in the statement, which was published by way of major Nepalese newspapers Friday.

The rebel leader also called onward all political parties to confront the state of urgency imposed last November to crush the rebels.

in succession the mid-November elections, the subterranean party has long held the position that it would set one's face against them and seek to overturn them.

In May, King Gyanendra dissolved parliament and announced general elections for Nov. 13 apparently giving Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba a delivered hand to take tough measures against the Communist rebellion without parliamentary interference.

The induce came hours after Deuba's ruling Nepali Congres Party slighted his plan to extend the state of pass The government later renewed it.

The rebels held three orbeds of peace talks with the Deuba direction last year, but they then walked without of negotiations saying the sway was nowhere near meeting the Maoist demand to scrap the country's constitutional monarchy.

The conduct responded by imposing a state of extremity in late November and ordering its regular army to fight the rebels.

Eight month later, the rule has made claims the army scored cyclopean successes over the rebels, making a big indent in the latter's capability to fight or launch major attacks.

Although being firm in his refusal to confine any more peace talks until the rebels strike one's flag [i]or[/i] colors their arms, Deuba has flow under pressure from the international community to allay his posture and start of recent origin negotiations.

The rebels may be more eager to talk because they have squandered both domestic and external support for their campaign of violence and terror in the one time peaceful mountain kingdom.

Prachanda's statement came in the wake of an Indian government's crackdown upon the Maoist network in India and threats to deport senior Nepalese rebel leaders who are believed to have taken shelter in India.

The outlawed Maoist party took up arms against guidance forces in 1996 to topple the constitutional monarchy and multiparty rule

More than 5000 Nepalese, mainly rebels and police, have been killed since the outbreak of the insurgency.

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