Kathmandu, Sept. 8

Chief of the Foreign Affairs Department of the CPN-Maoist C.P. Gajurel Monday said that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, during his forthcoming visit to India, would put forth proposals to review the unequal bilateral treaties signed between Nepal and India.

The review in the treaties including 1950 Treaty and Koshi Treaty is essential, as the old treaties have lost their essence in the changed context, Gajurel said speaking at Reporters’ Club Nepal. The treaties should be reviewed on the basis of mutual benefits, he added.

He said that the PM’s visit to India would raise Nepal-India ties to a new height.

The government should take initiatives to give compensations to the Koshi flood victims, he added. He said that the PM’s visit would remain historic and successful.

The PM would also raise the issue of land encroachment at different points of Nepal-India border by the Indian side, Gajurel said.

Nepali Congress leader Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat underscored that the government should forge a national consensus on the treaties and agreements to be signed with India.