Visiting UN Under-secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has urged the political leadership of Nepal to seek consensus through talks, expressing his hopethat the constitution amendment process will pave the way for political stability in Nepal.He also assured the political leadership of UN support for constitution implementation. Feltman, who arrived in Kathmandu on a three-day visit on Thursday, met with President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Madhesi Morcha leaders on Friday.Enquiring about efforts being made to end the Tarai standoff, the UN official wanted to gauge the level of mistrust among the parties that was detrimental to finding a political solution to the prolonged crisis.In his meeting with the prime minister, Feltman asked if there was the need for third-party mediation for the state and the disgruntled parties to arrive at consensus. PM Oli responded that there was some sort of mistrust among the parties but that was not very serious.
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