New Delhi: The Centre on Monday termed the ongoing peace talks with the banned ULFA as "very constructive" and gave hints that it would not press for surrender of arms by the groups.
Making it clear that the venue of the dialogue would continue to be New Delhi, Union Home Secretary RK Singh said they had a "very constructive" discussion with the ULFA leadership on their demands on October 25 in New Delhi.
"We went over various demands which they have put forward. There are certain demands which need their clarifications. We have requested our interlocutors, the Assam government and the ULFA to sit down again and sort out the issues. But the talks are going well, they are very constructive," he told reporters in New Delhi.
At the same press conference, Home Minister P Chidambaram said it was too early to say where the dialogue process would go and where it would lead to.
Asked whether ULFA has been asked to deposit their arms and ammunition, Chidambaram said "the general practice has been for any talks, it has to lead to a political settlement, there has to be a Suspension of Operations, they (the militants) have to deposit their weapons under certain conditions which differ from groups to groups".
"So, these are the general principles that we follow. As you heard the Home Secretary said, the first round has been constructive. So, I think we should allow the talks to progress. We should not begin to analyse the talks outside the rooms where the talks take place. We can't have a parallel analysis going on even when the talks are taking place," he said.
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