Chief of United Nations Mission in Nepal Ian Martin has said Nepal's peace process has been moving ahead on the right track though election to the Constituent Assembly could be postponed, the National News Agency RSS reported Sunday.

At a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York after briefing the Security Council about the peace process in Nepal on Friday, the Secretary General's Special Representative said significant achievements have been made in the direction of establishing peace.

"The necessary legislation had not been passed in time and Nepal's election commission had informed the government that the election was no longer possible by mid-June," he said.

He said "the postponement had been a disappointment to many parties, but it allowed time for measures to create a climate conducive to the holding of a later election."

"The interim government had not yet agreed to a new date, but there was an expectation in many quarters that it might be November, after the passing of the monsoon and the major holidays, " he was quoted by the RSS as saying.

He said that the new date would also allow time to improve the security climate.

Stating that nobody could have imagined that King Gyanendra would relinquish executive authority a year ago, he said formation of the interim government including Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) through the stages of ceasefire code of conduct and comprehensive peace process should be taken as achievements.

Source: Xinhua