KATHMANDU, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Coordinators of the Nepali government and the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (formerly known as guerrilla) talks teams have said that the comprehensive peace agreement will be signed by Tuesday evening, the national news agency RSS reported.

    Negotiators Monday said that the draft of the peace agreement had almost been agreed with only one or two issue to be decided.

    The remaining issues will be finalized by Tuesday afternoon and the agreement signed by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and the CPN top leader Prachanda later in the evening, the negotiators was quoted by RSS as saying.

    According to RSS, coordinator of the ruling Seven Party Alliance (SPA) government talks team and Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitoula said that all issues were being finalized on the theoretical and ideological basis of the historical agreement reached between the SPA and the CPN.

    Krishna Bahadur Mahara, coordinator of the CPN talks team, said the deliberations were held in a very positive manner and expressed the confidence that the draft would get a final shape by Tuesday.

    The SPA government and the CPN have reached a historic agreement on Nev. 8, with both sides agreeing to form an interim government by Dec. 1 to end the decade-old conflict.

    As per the agreement, the future of the monarchy will be decided by the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly; the interim government containing members of the CPN will be formed by Dec. 1; the present House of Representatives will be dissolved by Nov. 26 and new constitution will be announced by the date; the CPN's "People's Liberation Army" will be kept in seven divisions and 21 brigades across the country by Nov. 21.

    An interim legislature containing 330 members will be formed.