U.S. WANTS PEACE PROCESS TO WORK

 

R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs.

The United States supports the peace process in Nepal and believes it is “crucial for the long-term well-being of Nepal that the Maoists give up their arms and end their extortion.”  R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs, made these and other points in a speech on U.S. policy in South Asia to the Asia Society November 27 in Washington, D.C.  Here is the text of his remarks, as prepared for delivery.