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High level meeting reviews truce with ULFA
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=410811
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NEW DELHI, AUG 28 (PTI)
A meeting of senior government officials today reviewed the ceasefire with ULFA, which was extended on August 23 by the Centre in a bid to give fresh impetus to the peace process in
Assam.
The meeting, chaired by Union Home Secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal, expressed satisfaction at the ceasefire and noted that there has been no violation of the truce by ULFA so far, official sources said.
The meeting was attended among others by Intelligence Bureau Chief E S L Narisimhan, Director General of CRPF J K Sinha and other senior officials of the ministry. Additional Director General of Military Operations led a team of the Army at the meeting.
The meeting noted with satisfaction that ULFA had been responding favourably to the ceasefire offer from the Centre and had not violated it so far.
Considering the sensitivity of the matter, the review meeting was necessary, the sources said.
The Centre had extended the ceasefire after a meeting here with two key mediators - Assamese writer Indira Goswami and Rebati Phukan - negotiating on behalf of ULFA.
The Centre had suspended army operations against ULFA on August 13 and the group responded five days later by announcing a "cessation of hostilities".
The Centre has sought a written commitment from ULFA on three points - the group has to come for direct talks, parleys should be held on a particular date and the representatives for this dialogue should be announced -- before a decision is taken on releasing the five key jailed leaders of the banned outfit.
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