Identifier
Created
Classification
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06KATHMANDU1005
2006-04-19 06:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
CHINESE AMBASSADOR HOPES KING WILL RAPIDLY TURN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 001005
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/19/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL CH NP
SUBJECT: CHINESE AMBASSADOR HOPES KING WILL RAPIDLY TURN
OVER POWER TO PARTIES
REF: KATHMANDU 995 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
King Acknowledges Need To Turn Over Power
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 001005
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/19/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL CH NP
SUBJECT: CHINESE AMBASSADOR HOPES KING WILL RAPIDLY TURN
OVER POWER TO PARTIES
REF: KATHMANDU 995 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
King Acknowledges Need To Turn Over Power
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1. (C) On April 18, the Ambassador met with Chinese
Ambassador Sun Heping to discuss their respective April 16
audiences with King Gyanendra. Sun's audience with the King
appeared to be similar to Indian Ambassador Mukherjee's April
16 audience (reftel). Sun told the Ambassador that the King
had started the conversation saying he had decided to turn
over all power to the political parties. But, as with
Mukherjee, Gyanendra then had started to hedge his options,
saying the new government would have to remain true to the
King's agenda to find a path back to democracy by holding
elections. The King had also stressed that the Parties would
have to agree to his vision of restoring law and order for
the country. Sun worried that the King was trying to leave
himself with as many options as possible, a feeling Mukherjee
and the Ambassador shared. Sun explained to the Ambassador
that China strongly believed that the only way out of the
current impasse was a dialogue between the King and the
seven-party alliance with the goal of rapidly transferring
power to the Parties. Sun agreed to keep in close touch with
the Ambassador as events unfolded over the coming days.
Comment
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2. (C) All our interlocutors are understandably nervous about
the King's inclination to retain power, and no one will be
sure what the King will do until he acts.
MORIARTY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/19/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL CH NP
SUBJECT: CHINESE AMBASSADOR HOPES KING WILL RAPIDLY TURN
OVER POWER TO PARTIES
REF: KATHMANDU 995 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
King Acknowledges Need To Turn Over Power
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1. (C) On April 18, the Ambassador met with Chinese
Ambassador Sun Heping to discuss their respective April 16
audiences with King Gyanendra. Sun's audience with the King
appeared to be similar to Indian Ambassador Mukherjee's April
16 audience (reftel). Sun told the Ambassador that the King
had started the conversation saying he had decided to turn
over all power to the political parties. But, as with
Mukherjee, Gyanendra then had started to hedge his options,
saying the new government would have to remain true to the
King's agenda to find a path back to democracy by holding
elections. The King had also stressed that the Parties would
have to agree to his vision of restoring law and order for
the country. Sun worried that the King was trying to leave
himself with as many options as possible, a feeling Mukherjee
and the Ambassador shared. Sun explained to the Ambassador
that China strongly believed that the only way out of the
current impasse was a dialogue between the King and the
seven-party alliance with the goal of rapidly transferring
power to the Parties. Sun agreed to keep in close touch with
the Ambassador as events unfolded over the coming days.
Comment
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2. (C) All our interlocutors are understandably nervous about
the King's inclination to retain power, and no one will be
sure what the King will do until he acts.
MORIARTY