12 June 2005 

Press Release 

Yechury meets Koirala

 At the request of President of Nepali Congress, Shri Girija Prasad Koirala, who is presently in New Delhi, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Sitaram Yechury, met him today.

During the 30-minute discussion, Shri Koirala briefed on the joint declaration of common agreement and commitment of seven political parties in Nepal emphasising the unity of all political parties in  the Nepali people’s struggle for the restoration of democracy.

Sitaram Yechury reiterated the CPI(M)’s support and solidarity  to the people’s struggle for the restoration of democracy in Nepal. The CPI(M), as in the past, has pledged to support the Nepali people’s struggle for restoration of democracy in Nepal at the earliest.