Nepali guerrillas' leaders met with two foreign envoys on Wednesday amied at persuading the international community to recognize them as a legitimate political force, Katipur.com reported on Thursday.

Baburam Bhattarai, second-in-command of the guerrilla and the guerrillas' spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara met with Indian ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee in Kathmandu.

Later on Wednesday, they also met with the Swedish Foreign Ministry's Ambassador for Conflict Management, Lena Sundh, who arrived here on Monday for a six-day "assessment" visit.

"It was a courtesy call," Mahara told reporters after they met with the Indian ambassador, adding "we talked about institutionalizing democracy in the wake of the successful people's movement."

Mahara said the Indian envoy was "positive" about their proposal.

India officially treats the guerrillas a "terrorist outfit", but has recently supported their move to return to mainstream politics," he said.

During their meeting with Sundh, the guerrillas' leaders sought the support of Sweden in taking Nepal's peace process onto success.

"She has promised support (in this regard)," Mahara said, adding that they exchanged experiences in conflict management.

(Xinhua News Agency June 29, 2006)