KHARTOUM, April 11 (Xinhua) -- International observers of Sudan's national elections on Sunday said that they do not expect any sort of disturbance or violence during the first multi-party elections in this country for more than 24 years.

"I do not think that there is any party that is threatening at all of either sort of disturbance or violence or intimidation of disorders", former U.S President Jimmy Carter told reporters at a voting center in Khartoum.

"I think all the participating parties, and even those withdrawing from the national elections, I think they want to see a peaceful transition and peace in this country," he said.

He added that he believed these elections would be a good opportunity to achieve the aspired stability in Sudan.

In the meantime, former Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Al-Akhdar Al-Ibrahimi told Xinhua that "these elections are very important and we hope they will lead to stability of Sudan and consolidation of peace between its north and south".

He said what they have seen of the elections so far was encouraging, but with little problems such as delay in arrival of some electoral papers and that some centers opened late.

"However, these little problems will not affect the electoral process because it lasts for three days", he added.

Former U.S. President Carter, former Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Akhdar Al-Ibrahimi, as well as Joseph Waribu and John Hardman, two leading members of the U.S.-based Carter Center founded by the former U.S. president, on Sunday visited a number of voting centers in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum.

The Carter Center, which is the only U.S. non-governmental organization authorized by the Sudanese government to monitor the general elections, has sent 65 observers to Sudan.

Around 840 foreign observers, from 18 countries, participate in monitoring the elections besides about 20,000 local observers.

Additionally, about 350 foreign journalists are covering the Sudanese elections, which constitute a historical transformation in Sudan's political history.

The voting process in Sudan's general elections started Sunday in all parts of the country, with over 16 million voters expected to cast their votes for three days in 13,000 centers to select their representative for the presidency, the state governors, president of government of southern Sudan and the legislative councils.