Kathmandu, Dec. 23 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Tuesday held her first direct talks with the top leaders of the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) since the Gen Z movement.

The discussion took place at Sheetal Niwas in the presence of President Ramchandra Paudel, who had called the meeting. In attendance were Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba, UML chair KP Sharma Oli and NCP coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal-all former prime ministers.

According to officials at Sheetal Niwas, the talks centred on creating a conducive environment for elections. President Paudel had earlier met Prime Minister Karki and former Maoist Centre chair Dahal during the formation of the interim government, but he had not h...