KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 30
President Ram Chandra Paudel has expressed sadness over the death of Jimmy Carter, the former President of the United States of America.
President Paudel expressed his condolences on Carter's death today via social media platform X, noting that Carter's contributions to peace, human rights, and charity have inspired people all over the world. President Paudel also extended his condolences to the bereaved family and the American people.
Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on Sunday at his home in Hospice Care in the small town of Plains, Georgia.
Taking to 'X' Prime Minister KP wrote, "Deeply saddened by the passing of former President and Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter. He leaves a lasting legacy of philanthropy and dedication to human rights and peace. Fondly recalling his 2013 visit to Nepal. May his family and the American people find strength in this loss."
Former Prime Minister Dr Babu Bhattarai also took to Facebook, sharing his 2013 photo with Carter, and said, "Sad to share this old Facebook post and photo with Former US President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on December 29 at the age of 100 years!. Just wondering why intelligent, humble and good people like Jimmy Carter (Dr. Manmohan Singh of India departed the other day!) are leaving this world, while the unscrupulous, crooks, corrupts, rabble-rousers, ethno- nationalist and religious fundamentalist populists are ruling the roost!"
It further reads, "RIP President Carter! I will always cherish my pleasant and fruitful meetings with you a number of times when you visited Nepal. Your famous smile the grateful world will miss for a long time!
Carter, a peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian.
The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said.
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who had arrived on June 13, 2007 on a four-day visit, encouraged Nepal's political leaders to continue on the path to peace as they prepared to hold Constituent Assembly elections. Former President Carter visited Nepal in 2008 to supervise the Constituent Assembly elections held for the first time in Nepal.
Then in 2016, Carter had urged the Nepali political leaders to quickly resolve differences over the new Constitution, claiming the political unrest marred post-quake reconstruction.
