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Sixth round of CHT talks begins today

By Special Correspondent
The sixth round of talks between the National Committee on Chittagong Hill Tracts (NCCHT) and the Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) will begin at a state guest house, today in a fresh bid for a permanent settlement of the CHT problem.
A military helicopter carrying the PCJSS delegation, led by meOw BAF base BMMhAr from DtidUk-chhara In the early afternoon. The PCJSS delegation arrived at Dudukchhara yesterday.
The meeting has been rescheduled from September 7 because Prime Minister Sheikh Haslna was. on a visit to the Philippines and Indonesia last week.
A two-member delegation of the Refugee Welfare Association. led by Upendra Lal Cha-kma had’ an unscheduled meeting with the Prime Minister at her office on Friday.
Details of the meeting were not available. But sources said
that they are hopeful about a breakthrough In the tomorrow's talks which they described as crucial for peace in the CHT.
The tribal refugees staying in camps in Tripura. India, since 1986, declined to return despite two visits by members of the NCCHT. the last one taking place recently. The leaders
home. These IttcludM increased ration for the returnees for one year, providing the same amount of ration even to those who had returned In 1994 and early this year, resettlement of the returnees under the aegis of the UNHCR and the 1CRC. reinstatement in Jobs, raising the age limit for government jobs to ^The return of the refugees depends on the outcome of the current series of negotiations between the NCCHT led by Abul Hasnat Abdullah. Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad and the PCJSS.
Earlier the meeting between the two sides ended in Dhaka on July 19 after five days of talks, during which both sides exchanged drafts of a proposed agreement to resolve the problems in the CHT.
The PCJSS wants removal of Bengali settlers from the CHT, withdrawal of security forces, constitutional guarantee for the concftMtonarv powers .the,,an-., einnwnt wants to grant to a 'regional council' for the three hill districts. They want wide powers for the 'regional council to levy taxes and run local gov ernments and institutions.
But the NCCHT reportedly agreed on a maximum level of autonomy for the regional council', short of constitutional guarantees, which it explained, was not possible.
But the PCJSS leadership is under pressure from militants in its student and other front organisations. Recently renegades of PCJSS formea a rival group and increased pressure upon the PCJSS leadership The militants want total autonomy in the CHT.
Against this background, the sources pin hopes that they would be able to achieve a breakthrough in the negotiations for a permanent solution of the CHT problem.