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Second round of CHT talks today

From Our Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, Dec 25 The mix--member Bangladesh par liamentary team headed by the CommuntcaUona Minister Col (Rid) Oh Ahmed will hold second round of talks with the Shantibahini at Khagrachhari Circuit House tomorrow (Saturday) for a political solution to the 18-year-old Chittagong Hill Tracts problems.
In the talks, the Shan-llbahini delegation will be led by J D Larma. alias Shantu Larma. President of Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghatl Sa-mity (PCJSS), the mother organisation of Shantibahini, officials said
The first round of talks was
held November 5 at the same venue.
Meanwhile, all preparations have been taken to hold to morrow's talks.
In order to facilitate the arrival and departure of the Shantibahini team, the author! ties have relaxed security in the Khagrachhari frontier ar cas Eight security camps Including seven BDR outpost* have been withdrawn December 21, five day* ahead of the talk, as demanded by Shan ttbahlni In their preconditions. The withdrawal order would remain effective even after four days of the dialogue.
The Shantibahini delegation
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will be received Saturday morning by the members of Liaison Committee" at Dudu-kchhari, a bordering village under Panchharl thana of Khagrachhari district. From there they will be flown by helicopter to Circuit House for the dialogue scheduled to begin at 10 am, official sources said. They will be flown back there after the talks. The Shanlibahini’s demands placed recently to parliamentary team arc expected to be discussed in the talks, sources added.
The main points of the demand included regional autonomy with constitutional embodiment, expulsion of Bengali-speaking settlers from CHT and formation of Independent police force
Observers say. "there arc glimmers of hope for progress in the talks though the demands placed by Shantibahini are very tough".
UNB adds: Liaison committee sources said thd negotiation may continue for five years or may linger up to day after tomorrow.
Besides the Comrpunlca-tions Minister the government sponsored committee Includes MPs Kalparanjan Chakma. Abdul Matin Khasru, Mustaq Ahmed Chowdhury. Shahjahan Chowdhury. Barkatullah Bulu, Syed Wahldul Alam and Mohammad Shahjahan.
The other member of the committee , Hashed Khan Me non. MP cannot attend the meeting as he will return home on January 9 from l.ondon where he had been treated for bullet wounds.
The PCJSS team will include Hupayan Dewan. Goutam Chakma. Raktautpal Tripura and Shudhaslndhu Khiaha