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ULFA wants talks through mediator

Guwahati Dec. 27. The banned United Liberation Front of Asom, under relentless attack by the Royal Bhutan Army in its operations against anti-India militants, has expressed its willingness to hold peace talks with the Centre through a neutral mediator.

In a statement that appeared in a local daily today, the ULFA `Commander-in-Chief', Paresh Baruah, said that his outfit was ready for peace negotiations with New Delhi on its main demand of sovereignty with a "neutral third party mediator" acting as a facilitator. "We had been repeatedly requesting the Bhutan Government to act as a mediator between us and the Indian Government and convince New Delhi to agree to focus its discussions on our main demand for sovereignty, he said. — PTI

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