Nepal's care-taker government and the opposition Maoist differ on extension of the term of UN Mission in Nepal with the opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) sending a separate letter today to the UN Security Council requesting the world body to extend the term of the UN Mission by six months and to include Nepal Army under its supervision. The government in its letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday requested for extension of the term of UNMIN for four months with its mandate focusing on monitoring Maoist combatants and their arms.Talking to newsmen in Kathmandu on Thursday, Maoist Vice Chairman Narayankaji Shrestha alleged that the government had written to the UN Security Council without consulting the main opposition. Earlier today, Maoist Chairman Prachanda held a meeting with the ambassadors of the US, UK and France in Nepal – the three permanent members of the Security Council to discuss among other things the extension of the term of the UN Mission in Nepal. The current extended term of the UN Mission in Nepal expires on 15th of September.It is for the first time that two separate letters were sent to the UN Security Council by the government and the opposition Maoists on the issue of extension of the term of the UN mission in Nepal after the establishment of the Mission in Nepal 2007. Differences have emerged of late between the Maoists and the ruling parties on the issue of extension of the term of the UN Mission in Nepal and its mandate even as the peace process remained incomplete even after six time extension of its term. While the government felt that the national army should be freed from monitoring by the UNMIN as it had already fulfilled its responsibility to assist in monitoring of the cease fire agreement and provided technical support to conduct the constituent assembly elections, the Maoists are of the view that removal of national army from the purview of the UNMIN's supervision would go against the spirit of the comprehensive peace agreement. There are over 19,000 former Maoist combatants living in UN supervised cantonments across the country.” Meanwhile, briefing the UN Security Council, the Chief of UN Mission in Nepal Karen Landgren said the growing distrust between rival political parties in Nepal has paralysed the fragile peace process adding that process can be brought back on track if the political leadership give top priorities to the completion of this process.