Reports in Nepal's media say he is set to attend a convention of the Revolutionary International Movement, an umbrella of Communist groups.

In his interview Prachanda also advocated a 'unified security strategy' between India, China and Nepal to counter US influence in South Asia, the BBC said.

His comments come after reports in Nepal's press - denied by both Prachanda and New Delhi - that he had fallen out with India and the US because they had planned to attack China through Nepal's soil and he had opposed them.

'The report is entirely misleading, inflammatory and groundless,' Prachanda said in comments published last week in the Maoist mouthpiece Janadisha.