Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry have met at a time when the issue of ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement with the United States is causing a rift in the ruling coalition.

Prime Minister Deuba and Ambassador Berry held talks at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar. Ambassador Berry was at Baluwatar to meet Deuba.

According to sources in Baluwatar, Prime Minister Deuba had talked with the ambassador about the protest caused by the rift in the ruling coalition. According to a Baluwatar source, Deuba also asked the ambassador whether there was any possibilities for reconsideration of the MCC deadline given by the United States.

After a meeting with Ambassador Berry, Prime Minister Deuba and UCPN (Maoist) Central Committee Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal discussed the issue in Baluwatar on Thursday morning.

After a discussion with Dahal in the morning, Prime Minister Deuba has postponed the meeting from 3 pm to 5 pm.