Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 31 - The United States on Sunday said that it will not be dropping its terrorist tag on the Maoists immediately.
The US Ambassador James F Moriarty, who returned to Nepal after the Christmas holidays, today said that it was not deemed necessary to remove the terrorist tag since "There had been no apparent change in the Maoist activities."
Talking to "I am not sure what they've been doing. The violence is continuing, the intimidation, kidnappings are continuing. If they stop those, then it will be a good time to review the US's policy."
The US has been maintaining that it would not be softening its stance on the Maoists even after the Seven Party Alliance and Maoists signed the Comprehensive Peace Accord on November 21.
Likewise, it had also said that Maoist participation in an interim government could complicate US development assistance, since American law forbids support to terrorist organizations but added that development aid would continue even if it had to be restructured in certain areas.
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