KRISHNA-TREATY 2 (CORR SLUG)

Summing up his visit, Krishna said, "there was a lot of goodwill among
the political leadership of Nepal and the majority wants good relations with
India, which is justified considering the historical, civilisational and
geographical links between the two countries."
Rejecting allegations by
Maoist chief Prachanda about India's interference in Nepal's internal
affairs, Krishna said, he conveyed the former prime minister "unhappiness
over his virulent anti-India statements in recent days." Krishna told
Prachanda that India was not interfering in the internal affairs of Nepal.
"We want bilateral relations at even keel."
He said his visit here was
mainly aimed at "developing understanding about each others views and
sensitivities."
The External Affairs Minister who met Prachanda here
yesterday, expressed confidence that he had "understood the role I had come
to play in Nepal. And if he (Prachanda) had any other views he would have
given-up."
Underlining that India wanted a stable Nepal, Krishna made it
clear that India would not not like to dabble in Nepal's internal process."
He pointed out that Nepal needed to move ahead in the peace process and
frame a constitution. Nepal has set May 28, 2010 as deadline for
accomplishing the task of drafting the Constitution.
"India stands ready
to assist in all these issues but how to go about it is for political
parties of Nepal to decide." (MORE) PTI