Kathmandu, December 19:

Minister for Home Affairs, Krishna Prasad Sitaula, today said the problems, which have emerged by the Maoists’ opposition to the ambassadors’ nomination, will be resolved through dialogue.

“There is nothing which cannot be resolved through talks and the present issue regarding the Maoist opposition regarding appointment of ambassadors to several countries, can also be resolved by talks,” said Sitaula answering the query of parliamentarian Mahendra Pandey at the Parliamentary State Affairs Committee today.

The Home Minister earlier told the reporters on the Parliament premises, “Everything will be settled through dialogue.”

He also confirmed that the government would soon table the interim constitution at the House of Representatives.

Meanwhile, Minister of State for Information and Communication Dilendra Prasad Badur today said there was no point in Maoists boiling over the appointments of the ambassadors as envoys to four countries have not yet been named.

“They should not have called general strike. The issues could have been solved by mutual talks,” Badu told The Himalayan Times.

The government is yet to appoint ambassadors to Paris, Copenhagen, Canberra and Seoul. Denying claims that the government had ignored the Maoists while naming the envoys, Badu said, “It cannot be like that. They were perhaps consulted.”

The Cabinet meeting yesterday had recommended names of 14 persons to be appointed ambassadors.

The Indigenous Nationalities Peace Commission (INPC), Nepal, too has flayed the decision of the government to appoint Shailaja Acharya as ambassador to India and former chief justice Biswonath Upadhyay as the chief of National Human Rights Commission.

President of Indigenous Nationalities Peace Commission Parshuram Tamang said the government’s decision to appoint Shailaja Acharya, who was against the people’s movement, as the ambassador to India was like disgracing Jana Andolan martyrs. “The appointments were decided unilaterally without consulting alls SPA constituents.”

The commission has also flayed the appointment of Upadhyaya as the new National Human Rights Commission chief, claiming that the former chief justice had shown bias against the Janajatis while drafting the 1990 constitution.

“His appointment to NHRC is condemnable,” Tamang said in a statement issued here, today.