KATHMANDU: The US government has reiterated that it would resume military aid to Nepal only if Nepali Army fully cooperates with civilian judicial authorities to investigate and prosecute human rights violators. According to the budgetary proposals for fiscal 2011 submitted by US President Barrack Obama to the US Congress on Monday, the Obama administration stated that no military aid be made available to Nepal unless the US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton certified that the NA is fully cooperating in probing violation of human rights by its officials. The US government suspended its military funds appropriated under the Foreign Military Financing to Nepal following a royal coup in 2005. FMF refers to congressionally appropriated grants given to foreign governments to finance the purchase of American-made weapons, services and training. Nepali Army must work constructively to redefine its mission and adjust its size, the proposals stated, adding that the Secretary of State also needed to certify that NA was implementing reforms, including strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Defence to improve budget transparency and accountability. The Obama administration, however, proposed a budget of $11 million in 2010 for Nepal under the FMF programme. US President Obama had recently signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2010, which also prohibits assistance to the Nepal Armed Forces, including NA, till they fulfil their human rights obligations. According to the proposals, the conditions would not be applicable to assistance to support the deployment of the army involved in humanitarian relief and reconstruction operations. NA legal department chief Maj Gen BA Kumar Sharma said NA always complied with international human rights standards, including adherence to International Humanitarian Law. The US has been demanding that NA Major Niranjan Basnet should be arrested and handed over to the civilian administration to try him in the district court for his alleged role in the torture and subsequent murder of Maina Sunar, 15. According to a record of the State Department, cumulative US military assistance to the NA consisted of $20.95 million in grant assistance: $9.9 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF), $5.37 million in professional and technical training provided under the International Military Education and Training Program (IMET in FY 2009 was $743,000), and approximately $5.6 million for Global Peace Operations Initiative funding to increase the pool of international peacekeepers and promote interoperability.