Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on Friday.

Minister Mahat is in US to attend the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

During the meet, Minister Mahat briefed Secretary General Ban that constitution implementation is the primary focus of current government. Talking to the Post briefly, Minister Mahat said, "We talked primarily on constitution implementation."

Minister Mahat told Ban that holding elections is the first step towards implementing the constitution and the government was putting effort into inducting all stakeholders towards that end.

In reply, Secretary General Ban appraised the task of constitution promulgation in Nepal and wished for its successful implementation.

On Friday, Minister Mahat attended the 15th annual ministerial meeting of the Landlocked Developing Countries.