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ULFA wants UN intervention in talks with Delhi
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) said on Saturday it would only negotiate with New Delhi if talks are held under UN auspices and it would only negotiate with New Delhi if talks are held under UN auspices and `revolve` around sovereignty.
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) said on Saturday it would only negotiate with New Delhi if talks are held under UN auspices and "revolve" around sovereignty.
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), which on Tuesday offered to start talks to end two decades of insurgency, also said the negotiations must be held abroad.
"We are prepared to hold talks with the government if such negotiations are held outside India and under the supervision of the United Nations with the discussions revolving around the issue of sovereignty," ULFA publicity chief Mithingia Daimary said in a statement.
"We are fully committed, sincere and ready to sit for talks with the government if our conditions are met." Authorities have earlier said the government was ready to hold talks with the ULFA leadership outside the country, but rejected the other two demands. A top Assam government official said there appeared to be "two divergent opinions on holding talks within the ULFA and hence such contradictory statements." "On one hand, you have the ULFA chairman announcing the group`s unconditional offer for talks and on the other you have a second statement stating the outfit was ready for negotiations but with certain preconditions."
Bureau Report
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), which on Tuesday offered to start talks to end two decades of insurgency, also said the negotiations must be held abroad.
"We are prepared to hold talks with the government if such negotiations are held outside India and under the supervision of the United Nations with the discussions revolving around the issue of sovereignty," ULFA publicity chief Mithingia Daimary said in a statement.
"We are fully committed, sincere and ready to sit for talks with the government if our conditions are met." Authorities have earlier said the government was ready to hold talks with the ULFA leadership outside the country, but rejected the other two demands. A top Assam government official said there appeared to be "two divergent opinions on holding talks within the ULFA and hence such contradictory statements." "On one hand, you have the ULFA chairman announcing the group`s unconditional offer for talks and on the other you have a second statement stating the outfit was ready for negotiations but with certain preconditions."
Bureau Report