Nepali Congress leader Dr Shekhar Koirala, who is currently on a visit to the United Kingdom (UK), has held a meeting with the then head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), Ian Martin.
In his meeting with Koirala in London, Martin expressed concern that Nepal's peace process still remains incomplete and urged the Nepali government to conclude it as soon as possible.
Martin suggested that such kinds of issues should not be protracted.
"The outstanding issues related to the transitional justice should be concluded at the earliest," suggested Martin, "The then warring Maoist party has already participated in the election process and violence and conflict no longer prevail in Nepal."
In 2006, the then seven-party alliance and the insurgent CPN (Maoist) jointly wrote a letter inviting the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) to the country for peacekeeping purposes.
In line with the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) and the Agreement on Monitoring of Arms and Armies (AMAA), 2006, the Maoist combatants were placed in seven cantonment sites with their weapons stored and the Nepali Army in their respective barracks in the presence of UNMIN. UNMIN monitored both the armies and their weapons to make sure that no weapons would be used against either side.
However, the UNMIN returned home in 2011, without completing the peace process.
Dr Koirala, earlier, delivered his speech in the British parliament (Westminster) on 'Nepal-Britain Relations and Future Aspirations' on Monday.
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