NEW DELHI: Visiting Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala held dialogues with India's foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, CPI-M Leader Sitaram Yechuri, Nepal Democracy Solidarity Committee President Prof DP Tripathi and JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav here today. The talks were focused on the issues of bilateral concerns, including Nepal's economic development, Indian investment in Nepal, enhancement of bilateral trade, climate change, among others.

After her meeting with Rao, Koirala said she sought India's help in Nepal's economic development and industrialisation. Rao said that India valued its age old and historic relations with Nepal and was committed to take those relations to new height by extending helps in all areas of cooperation, according to Koirala.

Koirala and Rao also discussed the issues of peace process, ways to bring it to logical conclusion, and establishing special economic zones in Nepal for Indian investors in order to provide security to existing Indian investors in Nepal and woo the new Indian investors in the country.

"We must do some thing about it because some of the Indian investors have left the country and others are in doldrums because of political unrest and other problems," Koirala said.

India is likely to provide assistance of equipments to Nepal police to check cross border crime. "We do not have modern communication equipments in the border. Not even enough cordless phones. Sometimes it takes long time to inform Indian counterparts about border crimes but by then it is too late to nab the criminals," Koirala added.

When asked if any agreement was to be signed during her visit, she said she did not discuss any specific issues with Rao.

“We aren't going to sign any issues that will have long term implications. That will be done only when the current transition ends and we have new elected government," Koirala clarified.

With her meeting with Yechuri, Koirala apprised the former of latest political development including the idea of forming a high level political mechanism.

When asked if he wanted to see the Maoists at the helms of affairs again, Yechuri said it was entirely for the people of Nepal as to who they want to lead the government.

He, however, said his party wanted to see Nepal having a new constitution by May 2010, the stipulated time. He also said that PM Madhav Kumar Nepal had invited him to Nepal to facilitate the political process that had been complicated ever since the Maoists quit the government.

Yechuri said he was likely to visit Nepal after PM Nepal's visit to India. Nepal is scheduled to come to India on August 18.

"There is a fundamental difference between the Maoists of Nepal and India: in Nepal, they’ve joined democratic process whereas the Maoists here still believe in violence," Yechuri said in response to a query.