[Assam] The last paragraph in this news what matters. It is India’s turn to honour words given to the PCG on these issues.

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ULFA mediators to meet Narayanan, Duggal on Wednesday

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NEW DELHI, AUG 21 (PTI)

Taking the ongoing peace process in Assam a step forward, two mediators
between the ULFA and the Government will meet top officials here on
Wednesday, second time within a week, to discuss "major issues" ahead of the
proposed direct talks between the banned group and Centre.

Assamese writer Indira Goswami and Rebati Phukan, a childhood friend of ULFA
"commander-in-chief" Paresh Baruah, will meet National Security Advisor M K
Narayanan and Home Secretary V K Duggal on Wednesday and are expected to
apprise them about the ULFA's views on the holding of direct talks.

"We will meet again on Wednesday. All major issues, including the release of
five jailed leaders of ULFA, would figure in the meeting," Goswami told PTI.

Goswami and Phukan had meet Narayanan and Duggal on Friday last and reviewed
the progress made after the June 22 meeting between the ULFA-nominated
People's Consultative Group and the Centre.

Significantly, on Friday itself the banned group had announced "cessation of
hostilities" in Assam for the first time in its 27-year armed campaign for a
separate homeland.

The announcement came following August 13 decision of the Government to
suspend all operations by security forces against the militants in a
goodwill gesture to bring ULFA to the negotiating table.

The mediators are likely to press for a clarification from the Centre on
ULFA's demands for the release of five of its jailed leaders, tracing
missing cadres in Bhutan and the key demand of sovereignty for Assam.








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