India to resume arms and ammunition supplies to Nepal

India is reportedly all set to resume supplies of lethal weapons to Nepal
which it had stalled since the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)
started monitoring of arms and armed personnel of Nepal Army (NA) and the
Maoist People's Liberation Army.

An online edition of leading Indian newspaper, Indian Express, reported
that the Indian moves comes as per the request made by Nepal government to
New Delhi "for urgent nominal lethal weapons supplies" as the NA was
running out of assault rifle, ammunition, training artillery ammunition,
among others.

The paper quoted government sources as saying that the request was
communicated to the highest levels and a decision has been taken to accede
to this nominal demand.

The report about the possible resumption of arms and ammunition supplies
comes ahead of Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao's scheduled three-day
visit to Nepal starting Jan.18 to take up bilateral issues with Kathmandu
and assess the country's ongoing peace process.