>The Government has received appeals for peace talks from ULFA and these reflect willingness of the outfit to hold talks with the Government without any pre-conditions and also specifically referred to their 'core demand' of sovereignty, Reghupathy said.
**** Huh? What does this mean?
>In the Government's reply, it was emphasised that the Centre had consistently expressed its willingness to talk to all groups who were prepared to abjure the path of violence.
**** More Huh? At 8:20 AM -0500 7/27/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
If this news item is true, that would be a complete turn-around for ULFA. ________________________________________________ ULFA for talks sans condition: Centre NEW DELHI, July 26 (PTI): The Centre today announced in Lok Sabha that it had received appeals for peace talks from United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) which indicate willingness of the insurgent outfit to hold a dialogue without pre-conditions. This was announced by Minister of State for Home S Reghupathy in reply to question raised by some MPs, including Vijay Kumar Malhotra of BJP. The Government has received appeals for peace talks from ULFA and these reflect willingness of the outfit to hold talks with the Government without any pre-conditions and also specifically referred to their 'core demand' of sovereignty, Reghupathy said. In the Government's reply, it was emphasised that the Centre had consistently expressed its willingness to talk to all groups who were prepared to abjure the path of violence. _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
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