The prime minister made the request a day after the government publicly objected to UNMIN´s inability to share information, including combatants name, age, address and photographs . UNMIN, citing the Agreement on Monitoring the Management of Arms and Armies (AMMAA), has said the requested information is confidential and cannot be shared with the government. [break]
"She told the prime minister that she is positive [about sharing the information]. She further said that there is no question of not cooperating with the government," said Rajan Bhattarai, the prime minister´s foreign affairs advisor, about the meeting between the prime minister and the UNMIN chief.
Landgren said that she told the prime minister that the Maoists are bound by the AMMAA to provide accurate information and her office continues to press them to do so.
"From the outset, I have proposed to the government ways of approaching the information request. I reiterated these. We have always suggested ways of cooperating and finding a solution. UNMIN is bound by the AMMAA, and to be asked to bypass the AMMAA provisions places us in an awkward position. We are taking this further tomorrow," she told journalists after the meeting.
She also asked the prime minister whether the government was asking the UNMIN to recount the Maoist army personnel. But the prime minister said that he was not asking for a recount.
During the meeting, Landgren informed the prime minister that a UN delegation is visiting Nepal on March 10 to take stock of the peace process in Nepal.
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