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09:34, July 23, 2008 |
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday congratulated Ram Baran Yadav on his election as Nepal's first president.
The secretary-general "calls on all parties to cooperate in forming a new government which will carry forward Nepal's peace process," said a statement issued by Ban's press office.
Yadav of the Nepali Congress was elected by Nepal's Constituent Assembly on Monday.
On Saturday, the Madhesi People's Rights Forum candidate Paramananda Jha was declared the first vice president of republican Nepal by the assembly.
Source:Xinhua
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