Identifier
Created
Classification
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06KATHMANDU424
2006-02-13 12:32:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES FOREIGN REACTION TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000424
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SA/INS
NSC FOR RICHELSOPH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/13/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NP
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES FOREIGN REACTION TO
ELECTIONS
REF: KATHMANDU 409
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty, reasons 1.4 (b/d)
GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT FOREIGN CRITICISM OF MUNICIPAL POLLS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000424
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SA/INS
NSC FOR RICHELSOPH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/13/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NP
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES FOREIGN REACTION TO
ELECTIONS
REF: KATHMANDU 409
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty, reasons 1.4 (b/d)
GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT FOREIGN CRITICISM OF MUNICIPAL POLLS
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1. (U) In response to widespread international condemnation
of the February 8 municipal polls, the Foreign Ministry
issued a press release on February 10, requesting foreign
powers to refrain from making "insolent comments" on matters
that fall within the domestic jurisdiction of a sovereign
country. The statement said that His Majesty's Government of
Nepal (HMGN) found statements made by a "few" countries
"totally objectionable and unacceptable." Further, the FM
noted that demanding democracy and criticizing the polls was
"a paradox in itself." The statement called the elections a
success and sarcastically requested that the "government
would be grateful to be enlightened if there is a substitute
for elections in a democracy."
COMMENT
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2. (C) The press laughed at the Foreign Ministry's reaction
to press statements by the U.S., India, Japan, U.K., and the
EU. As the King viewed the municipal polls as a necessary
step in his plan to restore democracy, the statement from the
Foreign Ministry likely reflects a desire to curry favor with
the Palace.
MORIARTY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SA/INS
NSC FOR RICHELSOPH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/13/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NP
SUBJECT: FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES FOREIGN REACTION TO
ELECTIONS
REF: KATHMANDU 409
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty, reasons 1.4 (b/d)
GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT FOREIGN CRITICISM OF MUNICIPAL POLLS
-------------- --------------
1. (U) In response to widespread international condemnation
of the February 8 municipal polls, the Foreign Ministry
issued a press release on February 10, requesting foreign
powers to refrain from making "insolent comments" on matters
that fall within the domestic jurisdiction of a sovereign
country. The statement said that His Majesty's Government of
Nepal (HMGN) found statements made by a "few" countries
"totally objectionable and unacceptable." Further, the FM
noted that demanding democracy and criticizing the polls was
"a paradox in itself." The statement called the elections a
success and sarcastically requested that the "government
would be grateful to be enlightened if there is a substitute
for elections in a democracy."
COMMENT
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2. (C) The press laughed at the Foreign Ministry's reaction
to press statements by the U.S., India, Japan, U.K., and the
EU. As the King viewed the municipal polls as a necessary
step in his plan to restore democracy, the statement from the
Foreign Ministry likely reflects a desire to curry favor with
the Palace.
MORIARTY