Nepal seeks President’s intervention to resolve crisis
November 25, 2010 10:10 am
Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav has asked his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapksa to help Kathmandu in resolving the political crisis prevailing in the Himalayan nation, External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris said in Parliament.
President Yadav had asked President Rajapksa to mediate and resolve his country’s internal political crisis, Peiris said.
The Nepalese President’s request came when President Rajapaksa was in China last month on a two-day official visit, Peris said.
As the president had similarly intervened and settled the crisis in the Maldives, the Nepalese president asked Rajapaksha to settle their crisis too, Peiris said.
“President Rajapaksa is now being accepted not only as the leader of Sri Lanka but as a regional leader too”, Peiris asserted.
Rajapksa visited Male in July to mediate in the crisis between the Maldivian president and the opposition controlled parliament.
Meanwhile, the main opposition warned the government that the country would be caught in an international tug-of-war if it failed to carefully handle the geo political interests of China and India.
United National Party MP Gamini Jayawickrema Perera told parliament that he feared Sri Lanka will suffer like countries such as Afghanistan and Sudan by trying to intervene in international affairs.
“I hope and pray it will not happen,” he said, PTI reports.
President Yadav had asked President Rajapksa to mediate and resolve his country’s internal political crisis, Peiris said.
The Nepalese President’s request came when President Rajapaksa was in China last month on a two-day official visit, Peris said.
As the president had similarly intervened and settled the crisis in the Maldives, the Nepalese president asked Rajapaksha to settle their crisis too, Peiris said.
“President Rajapaksa is now being accepted not only as the leader of Sri Lanka but as a regional leader too”, Peiris asserted.
Rajapksa visited Male in July to mediate in the crisis between the Maldivian president and the opposition controlled parliament.
Meanwhile, the main opposition warned the government that the country would be caught in an international tug-of-war if it failed to carefully handle the geo political interests of China and India.
United National Party MP Gamini Jayawickrema Perera told parliament that he feared Sri Lanka will suffer like countries such as Afghanistan and Sudan by trying to intervene in international affairs.
“I hope and pray it will not happen,” he said, PTI reports.
