Former US president Jimmy Carter is scheduled to visit Nepal in the second week of April.

According to the Carter center in Nepal, he will hold discussion with leaders about the current political situation of the country.

In the week long Nepal visit, the 39th US president will meet leaders of opposition political parties and Maoist rebels. He will also get an audience from His Majesty King Gyanendra.

The winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2002, Carter is also scheduled to meet civil society leaders and human rights defenders to discuss the human rights situation in Nepal.

The US has been closely watching the recent political developments in Nepal. In his recent visit to Nepal, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp asked the king and the agitating political parties to sit for dialogue. US ambassador to Nepal James F Moriarty also stressed for unity between the king and constitutional forces to sideline the Maoist rebels.