Nepali Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand on Monday evening requested all political parties and the civil societies in the country to help materialize the peace process initiated by the government after it reached a cease-fire agreement with the anti-government guerrillas.
In an address to the nation through the state-run Nepal Television, the prime minister said, "hopeful efforts for the durable peace has been initiated and all political parties and the civil societies in the country should cooperate giving up the bitter experiences of the past."
(Xinhua News Agency February 4, 2003)
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