Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala met with former U.S. president and co-founder of the Carter Center Jimmy Carter on Thursday to discuss peace process in Nepal.

Carter, 2002 Nobel Laureate, who arrived in Kathmandu Wednesday at the head of a delegation on a four-day visit, discussed recent political developments and the entire peace process among other aspects during his 30-minute-long meeting with Koirala.

Carter's visit is on behalf of the Carter Center, the non- profit organization he founded with his wife Rosalyn in 1982 for global peace and health.

Carter also met with election commissioners at the Election Commission office in Kathmandu Thursday.

In the meeting, Carter discussed issues like the preparations for the Constituent Assembly polls and its monitoring, voters' lists and security conditions, among others.

According to election commissioner Nilkantha Upreti, a participant in the meeting, Carter also inquired whether or not the election procedure was inclusive.

In the one-hour-long interaction, Carter also assured that he would deploy ample officials from the Carter Center to monitor the elections.

Following his interaction with Election Commission officials, Carter had a meeting with United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin.

During the meeting the two underscored the role of UNMIN in Nepal peace process and the challenges ahead.

The Carter Center was formally invited by the government of Nepal to observe the Constituent Assembly election process and is the only international election observation organization currently deployed in the country.

Source: Xinhua