1 TRANSLATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND ... - APFA News

The NDFB militants are fighting the Government of India and the Indian army.
Their presence in Bhutan is not for peaceful purposes nor did they come as
refugees. They entered illegally and established armed camps from Kalikhola
to Daifam. The ULFA has nine camps and 28 observation posts while the
NDFB has five camps and 10 observation posts. They are well funded and very
well armed, carrying out training in their camps and launching frequent attacks
across the border in Assam.
The security threat posed by the ULFA and Bodo militants has been discussed
intensively throughout Bhutan during the past several years in the Geog Yargye
Tshogchungs and Dzongkhag Yargye Tshogchungs and other public meetings.
During the recent 8 th Plan review meetings held in the presence of His Majesty
the King, people from all walks of life expressed their disappointment and
frustration over the lack of results in the efforts to find a peaceful solution
through dialogue and over the continued presence of the militants inside
Bhutanese territory. The people have reiterated that the militants must be
removed at all costs and had requested for military action to be taken if no
peaceful solution could be found to resolve the problem. To this end, they have
offered their complete support and commitment in terms of men and materials
and had pledged their readiness to even sacrifice their lives, if necessary, to
protect the security of the country.
The issue had also been the main subject of deliberations in the National
Assembly over the past five years, and the house had adopted the following four
points resolution last year;
i. Every effort must continue to be made to find a peaceful solution
through a process of dialogue;
ii. All supplies and rations to the militants must continue to be stopped;
iii. All persons found assisting the militants must be prosecuted under the
National Security Act;
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