At a meeting of heads of mission of EU nations on Thursday, German Ambassador Matthias Mayer and some other diplomats put strong opinion against Sparkes’ view, saying it was ill time to make such statement when Nepal is about to promulgate new constitution.

Some diplomats at the meeting stressed on making a common position supporting the British envoy’s view but German ambassador Mayer rejected the proposal. After his opposition, the meeting ended without any concrete outcome. “We are very clear that religious freedom should be there but we should not opine for right to conversion when Nepal is in critical phase of constitution making process,” said Ambassador Mayer in an interaction with journalists on Friday.

German and some other diplomats at the meeting said Nepal where over 80 percent of people are Hindus should adhere to the faith of majority and it should not be the

matter of “outsiders’’.

Neither we (Germans) do support nor oppose the issue of right to change religion, Mayer said.

Following controversy over his view, the British envoy took a two-week holiday and left for London.