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Withdrawal of Troops – 2000

Regional Council Chief Shantu Larma criticized the government for violating the Accord by leasing out some 18,000 hectares of land in the CHT for army bases in the year 2000.¹ According to a government spokesperson, 70 army camps had been removed from the CHT and more were scheduled to be removed.²

1. “Brittle Peace with Former Rebels,” IPS-Inter Press Service, October 31, 2000.
2. Ibid.