Nepal's Defence Minister Bidhya Bhandari has refuted Maoist allegation that truckloads of weapons were imported from India last week violating the comprehensive peace agreement.<br/><br/>Addressing a press meet in Kathmandu today, Bhandari said India had supplied non-lethal equipments including one hundred vehicles and ambulances as a part of its military assistance to Nepal, but not weapons.<br/><br/>She opposed the Maoist demand for bulk integration of their combatants into Nepal Army, adding that Maoist combatants can seek entry into the army on the basis of merit through examinations.
News On AIR | January 19, 2010 10:01 PM
No truckloads of weapons were imported from India: Bidhya Bhandari