Kathmandu: Four months after the Nepal government began talking peace with the Maoists, the process has delivered results.
Sources confirm the fate of the monarchy will be decided by the Constituent Assembly, the elections to which are scheduled in June next year.
All of late King Birendra's properties and the ancestral properties of present King Gyanendra will be nationalised, but Gyanendra's personal properties will be spared.
A 23-member Cabinet is expected to be in place by mid-November, in which the Nepali Congress and the Maoists are likely to get five ministries each.
But there has been no agreement yet on the contentious issue of arms management. Prime Minister GP Koirala and Maoist leader Prachanda will take up this matter when they meet next week.
The government is also expected to extend the ceasefire with the Maoists beyond its expiry on Saturday.
The upcoming discussions will also finalise the procedure for holding Constituent Assembly polls, drafting an interim Constitution and finding a political way out of the 10-year-long armed conflict.
Home Minister Krishna Sitoula said on Friday that the talks were 'moving ahead positively' and informal parleys had continued even during the festival.
Maoist activities like extortion and intimidation would be controlled after the next summit talks, Sitoula said, adding that security forces have been mobilised to maintain peace.
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