Nepal condemns meeting b/w King-army chief

Kathmandu, Apr 30: Nepal has condemned the meeting said to havetaken place between King Gyanendra and Chief of Army Staff RukmangadKatuwal.

"The meeting between the king and Army chief is deplorable," localmedia quoted spokesman of the Nepal government and Minister forCommunications Krishna Bahadur Mahara as saying.

"The government will discuss this issue", he said. There werereports in the local media that the King had a meeting with the chiefof army staff General Rukmangad Katuwal last week.

However, Nepal army refuted the news reports regarding the meeting between the king and the Army chief.

Chief of Army Staff would not meet any official without the permission of government authority, the army said in a statement.

King Gyanendra, who was forced to give up dictatorial reign lastyear through a massive popular uprising, has been suspended in theconstitution.

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