Himalayan News Service

Surkhet, January 12

District-level Maoist bigwigs, addressing a meeting in Rakam VDC recently, said they are ready to join hands with foreign States — with the exception of the US and the UK — if the donors are ready to coopearte with their local government in the field of development.

The CPN-Maoist leaders made this remark while addressing a programme, which was organised to distribute relief materials to the villagers whose houses were gutted on December 23.

Talking to media persons, the Maoists said that foreign donor agencies should take permission from their regional office in Nepalgunj if they want to conduct development activities in the mid-western region. At the same time, the donors were warned not to start any project without their consent. However, they refused to mention the location of their office in Nepalgunj.