KATHMANDU, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing meeting of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) central committee Friday decided to maintain friendly relations with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M).

    The decision is expressed in CPN-UML general secretary Jhala Nath Khanal's political report passed by the party's central committee meeting on Friday. The CPN-M, the single largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA) and the CPN-UML, the third largest CA party, make up the lion's share of the ruling party alliance.

    The general secretary's report stresses that the party, as an important ally in the coalition government, should maintain friendly relations with the CPN-M in order to complete the constitution-making process smoothly, local leading news website Nepalnews.com quoted CPN-UML leaders as saying.

    The political report also underscores the need to unite the party internally so as to revitalize the organization in the aftermath of the setback the party suffered in the Constituent Assembly election.

    The meeting, which started on Tuesday at the party's central office in Nepali capital Kathmandu, will run for few more days, taking decisions on organizational matters and the upcoming 8th general convention, central member Yuba Raj Karki said.