EPG meeting to be held in Dehradun of India
Kathmandu, Nepal: The fourth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) meeting is being held in Dehradun of India from May 29 to 31. Nepali members of the EPG are heading for India on May 28 to participate in the meeting with the single agenda of replacing the Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950 with a new charter.
As of the previous understandings that the fourth meeting is going to be held on the specific agenda of reaching on the understanding on replacing the Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950 with a new charter.
However, the members of the EPG are not optimistic that the meeting would bear any fruit, thanks to the reluctance show from the Indian side.
Though we are planning to present with specific agendas of replacing the Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950 with a new charter, the meeting would be ended as of the previous meetings as Indian side has been showing its reluctance, a member of the EPG said preferring anonymity.
The EPG meetings of earlier had failed to reach a consensus over the issue as Indian side did not wanted even to enter on the topics of replacing the Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty, claims the member.
Interesting fact is that the only progress so far of the EPG is making an agreement in principle to review the treaty but not in concrete terms.
