Samuel Tamrat arrives

May 6, 2006
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Samuel Tamrat, a senior official at the United Nations Department for Political Affairs, arrived in Kathmandu Saturday afternoon to assess the new political scenario in Nepal.

Tamrat, who had visited Nepal several times in the past as the special representative of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, will meet Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, ministers, senior government officials and the political leaders during his 10-day stay in Kathmandu.

He is scheduled to hold a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P Sharma Oli at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The UN official’s visit is the latest in the series of visits of senior delegates of Norway and the United States. The UN has been constantly expressing readiness to help facilitate Nepal’s peace process. The Maoists have also been demanding UN mediation in the peace process.

The UN has welcomed the reinstatement of the House of Representatives and the announcement of truce by the government and the CPN (Maoist).