NEPAL: Former Maoists quit interim government

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Updated September 19, 2007 20:07:57

Nepal's Maoist former rebels have quit the interim government, over a dispute on abolishing the monarchy. The move is a major setback to last year's peace agreement, in which the rebels ended a ten year old insurgency, and agreed on elections for a special assembly to decide the fate of the monarchy.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Nepal's foreign secretary, Gyan Chandra Acharya

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