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Minister with the senior civil servants, held on April 30, 2001 in Thimphu,
during which the civil servants made the following three submissions:
1. The problem of the ULFA and Bodo militants has been a long standing
issue and every effort must be made to compel them to leave our country
immediately through negotiations.
2. If they do not leave through peaceful means, the military option would
have to be resorted to for which the civil servants pledged their full
support. Further, they pledged to contribute one month’s salary towards
security expenditure to ease the financial burden on the Government.
3. In case military action becomes inevitable, the civil servants reiterated
their pledge to safeguard the security of the nation with total loyalty and
dedication, and they were prepared to sacrifice their lives if necessary.
The RCSC Secretary welcomed the report of the Home Minister on the meeting
with the ULFA leaders. He said that the agreed minutes of the meeting was a
very positive outcome towards resolving the problem peacefully. On behalf of
the civil service, he offered their deep appreciation and gratitude to His Majesty
the King for his farsighted leadership, and to the Home Minister and the
Bhutanese delegation taking part in the talks for this positive outcome.
The Deputy Minister for Communications said that after three rounds of talks
held between the Royal Government and the ULFA there was now a signed
agreed minutes in which the ULFA had committed to remove four out of their
nine camps within December this year. Although many Chimis had expressed
their doubts about the militants implementing this agreement, the Deputy
Minister said that the deadline given to the militants also provided time to
prepare for military action if they do not leave by December. Therefore, it
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