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Shantibahini-liaison body talks

Govt orders troops out from venue

From Nurul Alam
CHITTAGONG. Sept 25: In a move to facilitate the September 28 preparatory meeting between Shantibahtnl and Liaison Committee. the Bangladesh authorities have ordered troops out from five camps at Dudukchhari, the venue of the talks.
Dudukchhari Is a hamlet near Loughong border output under Panchhart upazlla 1n Khagrachharl district.
The order for troops with drawal came into effect from today
The withdrawal order provides the removal of over 300 members of the security force from five camps In addition to suspension of all military activities in and around the place of preparatory meeting between Shantlbahlnl and Liaison Committee members, official
sources added.
The order came In Une with the condition placed by Shantibahtnl for keeping the meeting venue free from government troops three days ahead of the meeting and two days after the meeting officials said.
The preparatory meeting is aimed at fixing a date and venue In addition to discussing the modus operand! of the dialogue between Shantlbahlnl and Bangladesh authorities If held, this would be the first dialogue under a democratic government, official sources said
The Shantlbahlnl opted for holding a preparatory meeting mlth the members of Liaison Committee September 28 before Ita dialogue with the authorltics.
The Parbattya Chattagram Jana San ghat! Samlty (PCJSS). the mother organisation of the Shantlbahini, in a letter on September 17 communicated its decision to Liaison Committee' to hold such a preparatory meeting before sitting with the government committee headed by the Communications Minister Col (Rtd) Oli Ahmed, to resolve the 18-year old hill tracts 1s-
The letter from PCJSS reached Honshadoz Chakma who heads the 'Liaison Committee' constituted three months ago with the consent of the PCJSS to contact both the authorities and the Shantlbahini. sources said.
However, the Liaison Committee leader last week sent a letter to PCJSS requesting to hold the preparatory meeting September 25 by advancing the date but later stuck to September 28 as fixed earlier, sources added.
The Shantlbahini during Ershad s rule had six rounds of talks with security officials on different occasions to end the endemic conflict but all of them ended inconclusively because of some Shantlbahini demands that infringed the sovereignty and Constitution of the counUy.