CM welcomes Myanmar assurance

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

GUWAHATI, June 9 � Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today welcomed the recent assurance of Myanmar government not to provide shelter to North East-based militant groups, including the ULFA, reports PTI.

�I have come to know that the Myanmar government has assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that no shelter will be provided to the ultras. This is welcome�, he told reporters.

The Myanmar government�s assurance would go a long way in tackling the decades-old militancy problem, he said, adding, no formal communication has, however, been received by his office from the Centre in this regard.

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