Kathmandu: Ruling out elections to a proposed Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution for Nepal, government on August 23 warned Maoists insurgents that derailing the ongoing peace process could invite foreign interference.

"If we cannot solve the problem then that might invite foreign interference," said Prakash Chandra Lohani, the convenor of government's talks team with Maoists and Finance Minister.

The government is "flexible" and committed to continue the peace negotiations with Maoists, but it cannot accept the rebels' demand for holding a Constituent Assembly election, Lohani said at a programmed organised by the Human Rights Organisation of Nepal.

He further observed that all the major demands of the insurgents could be accommodated by "re-writing" or amending the present constitution.

The minister's comments came three days after the third round of talks held in Dang in Mid West Nepal ended in a deadlock, but with both sides declaring that it did not mean the end of negotiations.

Lohani said the breakthrough could not be achieved as the rebels stuck to the demand of holding polls for a Constituent Assembly. Also, they did not mention clearly their objections to the government paper presented at the outset of the third round of talks.

PTI